Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the Americans to do so “Maintain a constant unity” Until peace is “restored” in Ukraine, crucial mid-term elections will be held in the United States on Tuesday, the outcome of which could affect Washington’s support in Kiev.
In a video speech from Kiev while receiving the United States Medal of Freedom, Zelensky said: “I ask you to maintain a firm unity as it is now, and that is until the day we hear all the important words we have dreamed of, until we feel it Peace is finally established“.
Zelensky thanked US President Joe Biden “and both parties in Congress and every American citizen” for their significant financial, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine since the war began on February 24.
Washington was Kiev’s main ally for eight months, imposing heavy sanctions on Moscow and much of the Russian economy, providing the Ukrainian military with HIMARS precision artillery systems among other military equipment, and even providing critical information on the ground.
Ukrainian army on the front line against the Russians
In mid-May, the US Congress shelled out $ 40 billion to support the war effort in Ukraine.
In his speech today, Zelensky also said that receiving the Philadelphia Medal of Freedom was a “great honor”, but he wanted to dedicate this award to “all women and men of Ukraine” who “show the greatest authoritarian regime in the world that only defeat will come to Ukraine “.
It identified “heroic soldiers”, “volunteers” and “energy workers repairing the electricity grid to secure it for the population after Russian missiles and Iranian drones hit the power plants.”
“Freedom is the key word for us that truly unites all Ukrainians,” he said in the 10-minute video.
Extension of the wheat export agreement
In another context, Zelensky told the US Ambassador to the United Nations today that he should Extension of the wheat export agreement It crossed the United Nations-mediated Black Sea and led to the lifting of the blockade of three main Ukrainian ports.
“It is imperative that the wheat deal continues into the future. Ukraine is ready to remain the guarantor of world food security,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram after talks in Kiev with Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield.
