First Lady of Ukraine declines invitation to State of the Union. Olena Zelenska will not go to Washington.
The potential presence of Yulia Navalnya weighed heavily on the WP, but Kiev denies it:'she had previous commitments' The Ukrainian presidency then explained that the first lady rejected Joe Biden's invitation due to previous commitments. The Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S. recently received an invitation for the First Lady of. Ukraine to participate in the US President's speech to Congress on March 7. However – explains Kiev – due to the events scheduled in the. program, including the visit to Kiev of children from an orphanage, planned for some time.