The Ukrainian president,
Volodymyr Zelensky
, reiterated this Saturday his
invitation to Donald Trump to visit Ukraine
, and offered to personally accompany the former president of the United States to the combat zone with Russia so that
he better understands the war
.
Zelensky's invitation comes at a time when
the delivery of a new $60 billion package
that the United States promised for Ukraine is blocked in Washington by a struggle between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
“If Mr. Trump comes,
I am even willing to go with him to the front line
,” Zelensky said during a public intervention at the Munich Security Conference being held in this German city.
“If we talk about dialogue we must show those who make the decisions what real war means,” added the Ukrainian leader, betting that Trump will convince Republican legislators to unblock aid for his country.
The Ukrainian head of state recalled that he had already publicly invited Trump to visit Ukraine on other occasions.
“It depends on him, on his wishes
,” he said about the possibility of that visit taking place.
The war between Ukraine and Russia is fully involved in the electoral campaign of the United States, which this year elects a president, and which is heading to be defined between the Democrat Joe Biden, who aspires to re-election, and the Republican Trump.
Zelensky met this Saturday with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Photo: Tobias Schwarz/Pool via Reuters.
Trump has repeatedly assured that, if elected president of the United States again, he will end the war between Ukraine and Russia within 24 hours.
Trump has advocated this week for the US to offer financing to Ukraine in the form of loans to be repaid.
In the midst of the dispute over the funds promised by the United States for Ukraine, Vladimir Putin did not want to be left out and added noise to the discussion with a statement that caused surprises.
Putin assured in an interview with Russian public television that he prefers the current head of the White House, Joe Biden, than Donald Trump as president of the United States.
"Biden. He is a more experienced person, predictable, an old-school politician," the Kremlin chief answered when asked about the upcoming US presidential elections.
Republican congressmen loyal to the former president have so far prevented the approval of an aid item to Ukraine of more than $60 billion proposed by the White House at the end of last year to continue sending assistance throughout 2024.
Regarding the risk that this aid will not be approved, Zelensky said, addressing US legislators: “they have to understand that we will win this war, with or without them;
“We have no other way.”
Zelensky again demanded the sending of military aid to his country at a critical moment, after
Ukraine announced in the early morning that its troops were forced to withdraw from the city of Avdiivka
, on the front line, to avoid being surrounded.
The withdrawal from this position, a symbol of the Ukrainian resistance that endured a fierce offensive by Russian troops for months, illustrates the shortage of weapons facing its army, Zelensky said.
Also present at the conference in Munich, US Vice President
Kamala Harris wanted to allay fears about her country's determination to help Ukraine
and, after meeting with Zelensky, stated that the United States will not allow political friction to get in the way.
"We cannot bet on political games.
Politics has no role to play in what is at stake
," Harris declared.