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U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes surprise visit to Ukraine?

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise trip to Kyiv meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

She marks the most senior US official to meet with the Ukrainian leader since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February.

The speaker led an official congressional delegation to Ukraine.

In this image released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 1, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre right, and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, and her visit marks a major show of continuing support for the country’s struggle against Russia. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelensky took to social media, posting a video of the meeting and thanking the US for their support during the war.

Pelosi then travelled to Poland with her team to meet with President Andrzej Duda and other senior officials.

The Speaker told reporters during a press conference that her discussion with Zelensky revolved around security, humanitarian and economic assistance and rebuilding Ukraine in the future.

Pelosi says “America stands with Ukraine, we stand with Ukraine until victory is won, and we stand with NATO.”

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