Nancy Pelosi has applauded the courage of the Ukrainian people during a visit to Poland, hours after meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
“We are on a frontier of freedom and your fight is a fight for everyone. Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done,” Ms Pelosi said.
The US House Speaker, who is second in line to the presidency, made the surprise trip to Kyiv alongside other members of congress, before travelling to Warsaw where she is meeting with president Andrzej Duda.
At a news conference in Poland, Ms Pelosi said the delegation brought Mr Zelensky “a message of appreciation from the American people for his leadership”.
US Representative Jim McGovern warned that Russia’s war could have disastrous effects on the world’s food supply and consequently for poor people across the globe, calling Vladimir Putin’s invasion “a war against the world’s most vulnerable”.
“I don’t think that Putin cares if he starves the world,” Mr McGovern added.
-Independent
