Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with senators at the U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is about to go to the Capitol and meet with senators on Thursday, a Senate management aide instructed NBC Information.

Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will host an all-senators assembly with Zelenskyy on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, in response to the aide. A location continues to be to be decided.

Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Zelenskyy can be anticipated to fulfill with President Joe Biden on the White Home on Thursday, an individual aware of the plans beforehand instructed NBC Information. And he plans to attend the United Nations Common Meeting in New York Metropolis this week throughout his journey to the U.S., a senior Ukrainian official stated.

Biden final met with Zelenskyy in July on the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

“I hope we lastly have put to mattress the notion about whether or not or not Ukraine is welcome in NATO. It’s going to occur,” Biden stated in remarks earlier than their bilateral assembly. “We’re shifting — you’re all shifting in the appropriate path. I feel it’s only a matter of getting by the following few months right here.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv this month, assembly with Zelenskyy and senior Ukrainian officers to “reveal the US’ unwavering dedication to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democracy, particularly within the face of Russia’s aggression,” a State Division spokesperson stated.

Whereas Blinken visited Kyiv, the State Division introduced extra U.S. help to the nation, together with $100 million in overseas army financing, $90.5 million in humanitarian demining help and $300 million to assist regulation enforcement efforts in liberated areas.

Zelenskyy final addressed a joint assembly of Congress in December of final yr, pleading for continued assist as Republicans ready to take management of the Home, the place help to Ukraine was anticipated to come back underneath extra scrutiny and opposition.

“Your cash will not be charity. It’s an funding in world safety and democracy that we deal with in essentially the most accountable method,” he instructed U.S. lawmakers. “Let the world see that the US is right here.”

“Your choices can save hundreds of thousands of individuals,” he added.

Julie Tsirkin reported from Washington and Summer season Concepcion reported from New York.