By KYIV. Dec 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed hope that the U.S. Congress will adopt a financial support package for Ukraine worth almost $45 billion.
"Thank you very much for the support. Every dollar of this investment for the United States is going to be a strengthening of global security," he said at a briefing after talks with U.S. President Joe Biden.
"I know that the American leadership will be strong and will play important role in global scope. And the United States will help us to defend our values and independence. And regardless of changes in the Congress, I believe that there will be bipartisan and bicameral support. And I know that everybody works for this," Zelensky said.
Of course, he said, "during all of my meetings today, we discussed issues of a standoff against the terror of Russia, their destruction of our energy infrastructure. We need to survive this winter. We need to protect our people. And we need to be very specific in this area. This is a key humanitarian issue for us right now. This is the survival issue."
According to him, sanctions and legal pressure on a terrorist state were also discussed. "Russia needs to be held accountable for everything it does against us, against our people, against Europe, and the whole free world," he said.
"And it is very important that we have the peace formula. And for that, we offer very specific steps – what America can do to help us to implement them. We propose global formula for peace summit. I’m thankful for our American counterparts, that they feel us and understand how important it is to continue and stay on course and work on integrity of the country and international rule of law," the president also said.
"We will also need – as soon as our defense capabilities will be strengthened in the next few months. I don’t want to discuss it in details right now. I believe you understand why. And I – but I am very grateful to President Biden. Thank you for your attention to all of these issues," he said.
