Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General Assembly.
Zelenskyy’s trip comes as Congress is debating President Joe Biden’s request to provide as much as $24 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
An administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive visit, said Zelenskyy will meet with Biden at the White House next Thursday. The trip to the Capitol was confirmed by two congressional aides granted anonymity to discuss the plans.
I get the sentiment of thinking for long-term alternatives toward resilience, but I can’t recall a time in history a small country in the general Eastern Bloc area was able to survive without a lot of outside help. Let alone just start up industry dynamically while their GDP and infrastructure is exhausted on surviving against a—heh—“superpower” opponent.
You’ve got the right idea, but it won’t be viable for quite some time post-aftermath. We’re talking generational recovery here and I should hope support continues to alleviate that, with the addition of NATO becoming an option once the conditions are met.