Zelensky plans to visit the United States on his first trip abroad since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, plans to travel to the capital of the United States on Wednesday, all this in the first visit to a foreign country by the Ukrainian president since the beginning of the Russian invasion of his country.

Once in Washington, Zelenski will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House, as confirmed by two sources from the US Congress to .

Likewise, the Ukrainian president will go to the United States Capitol to address the parliamentarians of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

In fact, the still president of the Lower House, Nancy Pelosi, released a statement hours before warning that Congress would have a session on Wednesday night with “a very special focus on democracy.”

The visit, which has not materialized and has been kept secret for security reasons, will coincide with the Biden Administration’s intention to send Ukraine a new defense aid package that will include Patriot missile systems.

Since last February 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Zelenski has remained in kyiv and has not left the country, all this despite the offer of some countries for the president to take refuge in the face of Russian aggression.

However, Ukraine’s president has declined all offers, emphasizing that he, as his country’s head of state, should remain through the war. So far, only the country’s first lady has represented Ukraine abroad in person, while the president has done so through videoconferences.