Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described his several-hour meeting with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, as a strong signal of support in difficult times. Arms deliveries to Ukraine, financial aid and sanctions once morest Russia were discussed at the meeting, Zelensky said in a speech broadcast on television on Sunday evening.
Pelosi and several US lawmakers met with Zelenskyy and his top advisers for regarding three hours on Saturday evening. Pelosi is number three in the state in the United States. She is the highest-ranking US official to visit Ukraine since the Russian attack began. Zelenskyi said Ukrainians are grateful to all partners “who send such important and strong signals of support by visiting our capital in such difficult times”.
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The President estimated that since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, more than 350,000 people have been evacuated from combat zones via evacuation corridors negotiated with Moscow. On Sunday, civilians were evacuated from a besieged steel mill in the largely destroyed port city of Mariupol. Negotiations are continuing on the organization of “humanitarian corridors”, he said.
At the same time, Zelenskyi accused Moscow of “a war of annihilation”. Russian shelling hit food, grain and fertilizer warehouses and residential areas in Kharkiv, Donbass and other areas. «What might be Russia’s strategic success in this war? Honestly, I don’t know, »said Zelenskyj. “The destroyed lives of people and the burned or stolen property will not benefit Russia,” said the president.