Harnie Gold
Member
U.S. House Speaker and second in line to the presidency after the vice president, Nancy Pelosi, paid a surprise visit to war torn Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine to meet with the nation's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to offer Americans support amid Russia’s invasion more than two months ago.
Pelosi who is America's most senior lawmaker to visit Ukraine since Russia's invasion was joined by five other members of her party.
"We are here until victory is won," Pelosi told Ukraine’s president during the meeting.
"We’ll win and we’ll win together," Zelensky said.
Pelosi revealed about her visit to Ukraine on Sunday May 1, after she had already left the country.
"Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send an unmistakable and resounding message to the entire world: America stands firmly with Ukraine," Pelosi said in a statement released on Sunday.
Zelensky shared a video on Sunday of his meeting with the congressional delegation which included Democratic Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Schiff, of California who chairs the House Intelligence Committee; Jim McGovern of Massachusetts who chairs the House Rules Committee; Jason Crow of Colorado; Barbara Lee of California; and Bill Keating of Massachusetts and he thanked the US for its support of Ukraine against Russian invasion.
"You all are welcome," Zelensky told the delegation in the video.
In the video, Pelosi was seen telling Zelensky,
"We believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom. We are on a frontier of freedom and your fight is a fight for everyone. Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done."
Pelosi and delegation, spent three hours on the soil of Ukraine before heading to Poland where they met with troops from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division stationed in the country and were set to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday.