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Zelenskiy to visit Washington in bid to break Senate deadlock on Ukraine aid

US President Joe Biden (R) with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv in February.
US President Joe Biden with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv in February. The US president has invited Zelenskiy to Washington after Republican senators blocked a funding bill for Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian President Press Office/UPI/REX/Shutterstock

US President Joe Biden has invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House, days after his administration warned it would run out of money for Ukraine aid in weeks unless feuding US lawmakers act.

The meeting on Tuesday is intended “to underscore the United States’ unshakeable commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Russia’s brutal invasion,” the White House said in a statement Sunday.

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