Can landmark Zelenskyy visit to Washington change course of Ukraine war?

Ukrainian president will meet with US President Joe Biden before addressing members of Congress

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy heads to Washington with one of the biggest requests of the war so far
(Image credit: Ukrainian Presidency / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Washington today for his first foreign trip since the Russian invasion.

With 300 days having passed since the war began, Zelenskyy will land in the US on Wednesday to meet President Joe Biden and address Congress. The details of the trip were only revealed once Zelenskyy was on his way to Washington DC. The news was “so tightly held” that “many senior officials didn’t know” about the visit, said ITV News.

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Richard Windsor is a freelance writer for The Week Digital. He began his journalism career writing about politics and sport while studying at the University of Southampton. He then worked across various football publications before specialising in cycling for almost nine years, covering major races including the Tour de France and interviewing some of the sport’s top riders. He led Cycling Weekly’s digital platforms as editor for seven of those years, helping to transform the publication into the UK’s largest cycling website. He now works as a freelance writer, editor and consultant.