“Triumphal visit”: The New York Times about Zelensky’s trip to the USA
The unexpected visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the United States inspired Ukrainians.“”
The New York Times writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
President Volodymyr Zelensky's unannounced trip to Washington on Wednesday boosted morale at home in Ukraine, where millions of people were plunged into darkness and cold by Russian missile strikes that knocked out electricity as winter set in.
After weeks of stalemate along much of the front, some Ukrainians said on Thursday they were glad to see many members of Congress chanting the patriotic refrain “Glory to the heroes” during Mr. Zelensky’s speech a day earlier.
The high-profile visit was greeted in Ukraine mostly with pride and the hope that their president's impassioned personal messages would help bring in American arms and financial support,” the article notes.
The publication indicates that the President of Ukraine was satisfied with the results of the visit.
"Mr. Zelensky was returning home with at least one tangible benefit: $1,8 billion in additional military aid announced Wednesday, including a Patriot missile battery, one of the world's most advanced air defense systems," the newspaper wrote.
It is noted that the passage of a spending bill in Congress, which includes almost $50 billion in additional funding for Ukraine, has not yet occurred.
However, it was largely a triumphal visit, secretly orchestrated, for Mr Zelensky, a former comedian who was elected in a landslide in 2019 but whose popularity plummeted before the Russian invasion. Mr. Zelensky remained in Kyiv even as the capital seemed about to fall at the start of the war, and most Ukrainians quickly abandoned politics to rally behind their president.
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