Zelensky: US visit is ‘powerful show of support’

President ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky said his lengthy weekend meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives from USANancy Pelosi, was a “powerful” show of support in a difficult moment.

In a televised speech Sunday afternoon, Zelensky he noted that his meeting with Pelosi included talks about defense supplies for Ukraine, financial support and sanctions against Russia.

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Pelosi and half a dozen US lawmakers met with Zelensky and her top aides for about three hours Saturday night to express American solidarity with the beleaguered nation and get a first-hand assessment as she works to get Congress to pass a new package of large assistance for Ukraine.

Zelensky said that the Ukrainians “They are grateful to all allies who send such an important and powerful show of support by visiting our capital at such a difficult time.”

Besides, Zelensky It estimated that more than 350,000 people have been evacuated from combat zones through humanitarian corridors previously agreed with Moscow since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in late February. Many civilians were evacuated on Sunday from a steel factory in the destroyed city of Mariupol.

The municipal council of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol He reported that the UN-backed, wide-ranging evacuation of the city’s inhabitants will begin on Monday, except for those who have taken refuge in a metallurgical plant.

The council also confirmed, in a message on Telegram, that the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal steel plant, the last remaining stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.

City officials highlighted the support of the Red Cross and reported that the evacuation of the strategic port was delayed for security reasons.

It is believed that there are about 100,000 people trapped in the fence Mariupol without enough food, water or medicine. They would include some 1,000 civilians trapped with some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters under the Soviet-era steel plant. It is the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians.

Source: Elcomercio

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