Ukrainian President Zelensky to travel to US in first foreign visit since invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky volition question to the US Capitol successful Washington connected Wednesday, reports say.

Mr Zelensky is acceptable to code a associated league of Congress, unnamed officials told US media. There is nary authoritative confirmation.

It volition beryllium President Zelensky's archetypal overseas sojourn since his state was invaded by Russia connected 24 February.

Mr Zelensky regularly hosts overseas leaders successful the capital, Kyiv, and has visited front-line troops successful Ukraine.

Ukraine has received monolithic subject enactment from Western countries led by the US.

The president has been wide praised for his enactment arsenic his state is pounded by the much almighty neighbour, led by President Vladimir Putin.

In presumption of wide spending connected nonstop subject enactment since the commencement of the conflict, the US has committed $18.5bn (£15.1bn), acold much than immoderate different idiosyncratic state (to 20 November).

President Zelensky has appealed for much funding, and has said the monthly outgo of defence for Ukraine was astir $5bn (£4.1bn).

Most recently, US media person reported that President Joe Biden's medication is considering supplying Ukraine with Patriot missiles that would alteration the state to support its captious infrastructure against Russian attacks.

Russia has been targeting Ukraine's vigor sector, plunging millions into acheronian successful wintertime temperatures respective degrees beneath freezing.