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  • Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Washington on Wednesday for his first international trip since the start of the war, several American media reported on Tuesday, adding that he could address Congress and meet Joe Biden.

  • If this trip is confirmed, it would coincide with a major military meeting around Vladimir Putin: the Russian president indeed wants to draw the conclusions of the past year this Wednesday and set the objectives of his army for 2023.

  • While he is regularly accused by some of his Eastern European allies of making too much of any expectations from Moscow in a future settlement of the conflict, Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday maintained his position on "guarantees" of security that would have to be granted to Russia if peace negotiations took place.

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6:40 a.m.: A flag from the front for Congress and Biden

During his trip to the front on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president received a flag signed by fighters and said: “We are going to give it to the American Congress, to the American president.

We are grateful to them for their support but it is not enough.

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06:35: Special session of the Congress

Is this a confirmation of the arrival of Volodymyr Zelensky?

In a letter dated Tuesday, the leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, “encourages” parliamentarians to be “physically present” Wednesday evening for a session “particularly devoted to democracy”.

American parliamentarians are also preparing to vote on a new massive package of support for Ukraine, of nearly 45 billion dollars.

06h20: Welcome to this new Live

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Like every day, the editorial staff of

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This Wednesday, December 21 could be marked by the trip to the United States of Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Ukrainian president, who has not left his country since the start of the war, is expected in Washington, according to American media.

If this visit, which one imagines what immense security constraints it entails, is confirmed, he would pass in a few hours from the battlefields to the precincts of the Capitol, seat of the American Congress.

By going to Bakhmout on Tuesday, for a surprise visit closer to the clashes, he had indeed already challenged his counterpart Vladimir Putin.

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