Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Joe
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington on Thursday. Leon
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CNN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskys
visit to the White House on Thursday could be his final chance to
convince a receptive American president of his countrys war aims.
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The precise details of the victory plan Zelensky plans to present
in separate meetings to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala
Harris are unknown, having been closely held until they are presented
to the American leaders.
But according to people briefed on its
broad contours, the plan reflects the Ukrainian leaders urgent
appeals for more immediate help countering Russias invasion. Zelensky
is also poised to push for long-term security guarantees that could
withstand changes in American leadership ahead of what is widely
expected to be a close presidential election between Harris and former
President Donald Trump.
The plan, people familiar with it said,
acts as Zelenskys response to growing war weariness even among his
staunchest of western allies. It will make the case that Ukraine can
still win and does not need to cede Russian-seized territory for the
fighting to end if enough assistance is rushed in.
That
includes again asking permission to fire Western provided long-range
weapons deeper into Russian territory, a line Biden once was loathe to
cross but which hes recently appeared more open to as he has come
under growing pressure to relent.
Even if Biden decides to allow
the long-range fires, its unclear whether the change in policy would
be announced publicly.
Biden is usually apt to take his time
making decisions about providing Ukraine new capabilities. But with
Novembers election potentially portending a major change in American
approach to the war if Trump were to win, Ukrainian officials and
many American ones believe there is little time to waste.
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Trump has claimed he will be able to settle the war upon taking
office and has suggested hell end US support for Kyivs war effort.
Those cities are gone, theyre gone, and we continue to give
billions of dollars to a man who refused to make a deal, Zelensky.
There was no deal that he could have made that wouldnt have been
better than the situation you have right now. You have a country that
has been obliterated, not possible to be rebuilt, Trump said during a
campaign speech in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
Comments like those have lent new weight to Thursdays Oval Office
talks, according to American and European officials, who have
described an imperative to surge assistance to Ukraine while Biden is
still in office.
As part of Zelenskys visit, the US is expected
to announce a major new security package, thought it will likely delay
the shipping of the equipment due to inventory shortages, CNN
previously reported according to two US officials. On Wednesday, the
US announced a package of $375 million.
The president previewed
Zelenskys visit to the White House a day beforehand, declaring on the
margins of the United Nations General Assembly his administration was
determined to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to prevail in
fight for survival.
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Tomorrow, I will announce a series of actions to accelerate support
for Ukraines military but we know Ukraines future victory is about
more than what happens on the battlefield, its also about what
Ukrainians do make the most of a free and independent future, which so
many have sacrificed so much for, he said.
