Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the war in Ukraine in a phone call that comes as Congress wrestles with a path forward on providing the embattled country with increased foreign aid.
The Ukrainian president spoke to Johnson on the latest attacks by the Russian military, he said in a post on X on Thursday afternoon, thanking the speaker “personally” as well as the rest of the U.S. government for its support while also making the case for continued aid.
“In this situation, quick passage of US aid to Ukraine by Congress is vital,” Zelensky said. “We recognize that there are differing views in the House of Representatives on how to proceed, but the key is to keep the issue of aid to Ukraine as a unifying factor.”
The phone call comes as congressional
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