Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, has declined an invitation from the White House. She was actually supposed to attend the State of the Union address on Thursday (March 7) at the request of US President Joe Biden.
But the wife of President Volodymyr Zelenskyj prefers not to - and in doing so underlines how complicated politics is in her war-torn country. Because of Navalny's widow? Ukrainian first lady rejects Biden invitation. Ukraine is desperately trying to get in the House to allow a vote on Biden's request for $60 billion in aid.