Two years have passed since Russia's military invasion began.
As U.S. military assistance becomes vitally important for Ukraine as it fights against Russia, which is becoming increasingly aggressive, President Zelenskiy met with a group of U.S. lawmakers in western Ukraine and strongly appealed for continued support.
On the 23rd, President Zelenskiy of Ukraine met with a group of U.S. Democratic Party members, including Majority Leader Schumer and others in the western Lviv.
After the meeting, President Zelenskiy gave a video speech in which he acknowledged that U.S. military assistance is vitally important, calling it "indispensable for the defense of the nation."
After the meeting, House Minority Leader Schumer told reporters that President Zelenskiy expressed a sense of crisis, saying that without military support, Ukraine would lose the war.
In the United States, new military aid has been suspended due to conflict between the ruling and opposition parties, and there remains no prospect of approval of an emergency budget bill totaling more than $95 billion, including aid to Ukraine, or more than 14 trillion yen in Japanese yen. President Zelenskiy once again appealed for continued support.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 24th that Defense Minister Shoigu had inspected front-line troops in Ukraine and had received a report on the fighting in Audiiivka, the eastern Ukrainian stronghold that the Ukrainians announced they had seized this month. I emphasized.