Elena Zelenskaya flew to the USA: she met with Blinken, Jill Biden and will speak before Congress

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is visiting the United States, during which she will address Congress and meet with senior American politicians, reports with the BBC.

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On July 18, she met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and on July 19 she meets with US First Lady Jill Biden.
Her performance on Capitol Hill is scheduled for July 20.

Elena Zelenskaya and Jill Biden meet for the second time. The first was in May, when the American president's wife paid a surprise visit to Kyiv.

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Zelenskaya does not hold any official post in the Ukrainian government, but during the more than four months of the war, she has been actively engaged in dialogue with politicians, public organizations and journalists at her level.

Kyiv is using every opportunity to receive as much Western aid as possible.

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Four months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also called on Congress to provide Kyiv with additional military equipment.

After the Russian invasion, the US Congress approved an unprecedented $40 billion aid package for Ukraine.

Most of this amount is intended for military needs, the rest for infrastructure restoration.

The entire volume should arrive in Ukraine by the end of September.

During the visit, Olena Zelenska also met with the head of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power.

The agency has committed billions of dollars to support the government of Ukraine and to humanitarian causes, as well as to fight the global food shortage caused by Russian aggression.

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