‘Ukraine is alive and kicking’: Zelensky in address to US Congress
"This battle cannot be frozen or postponed. It cannot be ignored, hoping that the ocean or something else will provide protection," Zelensky said.
"This battle cannot be frozen or postponed. It cannot be ignored, hoping that the ocean or something else will provide protection," Zelensky said.
This will be Zelensky's first visit outside Ukraine after the Russian invasion, and his second to the US. His previous visit to the US was in September 2021.
A visit by the Ukrainian leader to Washington would amount to a significant moment 10 months after Russia's war in Ukraine began.
Kiev wants to attract money from international partners in the energy, infrastructural, and educational spheres, as well as the restoration of housing for Ukrainians, Zelensky said.
Public memory is not uniform or static. Statues and memorials erected in the years after the second world war are prime examples.
Notwithstanding the risk — still remote, but hard to ignore — of a potential nuclear conflagration in Europe, the main Western adversarial focus appears to be on China.
In the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion, Mr Scholz had announced a Zeitenwende (dawn of a new era) in Germany’s defence policy. This envisaged shipments of anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.
There has always been a hawkish section in the US foreign policy establishment (just as there has been a section which advocates peace and reconciliation) and problems increase whenever the hawks dominate. Some of them appear to believe that the more Russia gets struck in a quagmire, the better it is.
Europe is likely to be first in the path of any economic storm, partly because of its greater dependence on Russian energy supplies, but also because of its geographical proximity to a war on its doorstep. In the US, any economic difficulties could further weaken the Biden administration and bolster isolationist, America-first views.
