Request comes as support for Ukraine becomes increasingly divisive issue in close presidential race
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 26.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed for further U.S. support for his country’s war effort, including permission to fire American-made missiles into Russian territory, in his latest visit to Washington, even as backing for Kyiv becomes an increasingly divisive issue in the U.S.’s neck-and-neck presidential race.’s missile request.
Mr. Zelensky, in the U.S. this week for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, travelled to Washington for separate sit-downs withand Ms. Harris. He said he was there to present them with his “victory plan” and explain how the U.S. could help. But the White House swiftly poured cold water on the idea: “There’s no announcement,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a media briefing.Still, Mr. Biden said during his Oval Office sit-down with Mr. Zelensky, he had “directed the Pentagon to allocate all the remaining security assistance” available for Ukraine “by the end of my term” to “strengthen Ukraine’s position in future negotiations.
Mr. Johnson snubbed a Capitol Hill sit-down between Mr. Zelensky and lawmakers on Thursday. Instead, he called on the Ukrainian President to fire his ambassador to the U.S. for arranging the Sunday factory tour in Scranton, Pa., Mr. Biden’s hometown. Mr. Zelensky visited the facility, which produces artillery shells sent to Ukraine, with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Senator Bob Casey, both Democrats.
At Ms. Harris’s meeting with Mr. Zelensky, she accused “some in my country” of wanting Ukraine to “surrender.” Without naming anyone, she enumerated the details of a “peace plan” floated by J.D. Vance, Mr. Trump’s vice-presidential running mate: Ukraine giving up territory to Russia and adopting official neutrality.
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