A Senate delegation led by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in kyiv, the capital of the war-torn country.
The images of Saturday's meeting were published by the deputy head of the office of the Ukrainian president, Andrii Sybiha, on his Facebook page.
"They are the true friends of Ukraine ... today, our state has strong bipartisan support," he wrote.
A video posted on Zelenskyy's Telgram account shows McConnell and Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas.
According to Sybiha's publication, the meeting discussed aid from the United States and sanctions against Russia for the invasion that began on February 24.
The visit comes as approval of $40 billion in additional aid to Ukraine is blocked in the Senate after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, proposed adding a type of control to the bill to oversee how the money is spent.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for a photo with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators Susan Collins and John Cornyn in kyiv, Ukraine, May 14, 2022.REUTERS
On March 31, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, met with President Zelenskyy, at that time becoming the highest-ranking leader to visit the country.
"We visited him to thank him for his fight for freedom," Pelosi said.
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Then, on May 8, First Lady Jill Biden made a surprise, whirlwind visit to the country for Mother's Day.
She there she met with Olena Zelenska, wife of the Ukrainian president.
Also in March, the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, visited the Ukrainian president.
With information from
NBC News
and
The Associated Press
