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UKRAINE (77WABC) — Pressure is mounting for President Joe Biden to visit war torn Ukraine in person.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Sunday both expressed an interest in having Biden visit Ukraine. Zelensky told CNN’s “State of the Union” that he expects Biden will do so.
“I think he will. And I think he — but it’s not — I mean, it’s his decision, of course,” Zelensky said. “And about the safety situation, it depends. I mean that. But I think — I think he’s the leader of the United States, and that’s why he should come here to see.”
Biden’s administration is reportedly considering sending a senior official to Ukraine.
The U.S. has ramped up lethal military aid as Russia looks to focus its efforts in eastern Ukraine and seize the southern port city of Mariupol. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the war-torn country earlier this month.
