One year, three months and 20 days after his last visit to the White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the American people for their robust support of his nation’s defence as he returned to Washington for a lightning-round of meetings with President Joe Biden and top national security officials, plus an address to a joint meeting of Congress on the day it is set to approve approximately $40bn in additional military aid.
Mr Zelensky arrived at the White House at 2.04 pm ET in an armoured SUV after a brief stop at Blair House, the official guest house for visiting foreign leaders, and just hours after he landed at what US officials would only describe as an air base near the nation’s capital.
