Continued support for Ukraine; US Republican leader meets with Zelensky.
In the wake of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia, a number of senior US lawmakers met with the Ukrainian president.
News sources reported on Saturday evening, Tehran time, that a number of senior US lawmakers had traveled to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to meet with the Ukrainian president.
According to Reuters, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell met with other Republican senators on an unannounced visit to Kiev on Saturday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky.
McConnell is pushing Republican Sen. Rand Paul to end his opposition to a $ 40 billion bailout package for Ukraine, which has the strong support of both major US parties.
“They just want the resources they need to defend themselves against this insane attack,” McConnell said of the Ukrainians in recent days. “They need this help now.”
A U.S. website also wrote on Saturday that the Ukrainian military had asked the United States for more weapons to counter the Russian military, including F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.
On the sidelines of the G7 summit, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kolba called on friendly countries to equip Ukraine with more fighters and weapons, according to the website 19 Forti Five. Ukrainian lawmakers arrive in Washington in recent days, urging US lawmakers to continue sending weapons to Ukraine
The $ 40 billion bailout package for Ukraine has been halted after Kentucky Republican lawmaker Rand Paul called for changes to the bill. Russia’s Defense Ministry recently announced that its forces had shot down 19 Ukrainian drones and five fighter jets.
Diplomats from the G-7 group announced on Saturday evening, Tehran time, that economic and political pressure on Russia and arms supplies to Ukraine would continue. The foreign ministers of the G7, Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United States and the European Union said in a joint statement that they would continue to provide military and defense assistance to Ukraine as long as necessary.
