AP reported on Zelensky's plans to visit a munitions plant in Pennsylvania
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, will visit a munitions factory for Kiev in Pennsylvania on Sunday, September 22. This was reported by the Associated Press on September 21.
He is expected to travel to an Army ammunition plant in Scranton before his week in the U.S. to "strengthen Western support for the country."
The agency recalled that the Scranton plant is one of the few facilities in the country producing artillery shells of 155 mm caliber. The United States has already delivered more than 3 million shells of this caliber to Ukraine.
It is also noted that as part of his visit to the United States, Zelensky will hold separate meetings with Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her rival, former U.S. leader Donald Trump. In addition, the Ukrainian president is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly in New York.
On September 14, the German newspaper Bild reported that Zelensky intends to visit the United States to present his plan of action in the Ukrainian conflict to Biden. It is noted that this draft implies a demand to authorize strikes with long-range Western weapons on Russian territories.
On the same day, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States and Britain had already issued Kiev all indulgences and gave carte blanche to use missiles for attacks on Russian territory.
Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine against the backdrop of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. However, the West has recently been increasingly vocal about the need to reduce support for Kiev.
