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Ukraine war: First lady in US for high-level meetings
BBC ^ | July 19, 2022

Posted on 07/19/2022 3:59:58 AM PDT by McGruff

Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, is in the US for a series of high-level meetings and an address to Congress.

Her visit comes four months after her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky, made a virtual speech to Congress, pressing for more military equipment.

Ms Zelenska met Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday and is due to hold talks with her counterpart Jill Biden on Tuesday, the White House said.

She is due to deliver remarks to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Ms Zelenska has no official portfolio in the Ukrainian government. But after nearly five months of Russia's war in Ukraine, Kyiv is keen to seek more military aid and political backing from the US.

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1 posted on 07/19/2022 3:59:58 AM PDT by McGruff
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in the US for a series of high-level meetings and an address to Congress

Let me guess; a pitch for more $$$ from dopey US taxpayers.

2 posted on 07/19/2022 4:02:24 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Some FReepers will insist that we send them everything they ask for and more.


3 posted on 07/19/2022 4:02:59 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

I’m lost trying to understand their mindset, other than to say they are damaged by State propaganda.


4 posted on 07/19/2022 4:05:33 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Begging for more money that we don’t have. It’s for certain that Congress invited her so they have a “humanitarian” reason to destroy the US economy, leaving Americans jobless and homeless. Yeah, unemployment is going to go thru the roof next.


5 posted on 07/19/2022 4:07:36 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: JonPreston

They have no mindset, or at least no critical thinking skills.


6 posted on 07/19/2022 4:09:05 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: McGruff

Interesting.

Wonder who she’s meeting with?


7 posted on 07/19/2022 4:09:29 AM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains)
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To: McGruff

Her husband can play piano in very imaginative ways...

Does she play piano too, and what does she use?


8 posted on 07/19/2022 4:13:38 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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Hosting proxy wars for America pays very well.


9 posted on 07/19/2022 4:20:47 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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Is she first lady or first tranny?


10 posted on 07/19/2022 4:26:35 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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Ukraine is failing.

She is there to beg for more assistance, etc., etc. blah, blah. Why not Zelenskyy himself? Peeps getting really really really tired of his begging for this and that why failing in Ukraine no matter what is given the dipsh*t.


11 posted on 07/19/2022 4:30:18 AM PDT by cranked
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why = while


12 posted on 07/19/2022 4:30:53 AM PDT by cranked
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To: wastedyears

They hate Putin and Russia more than the axis of evil right here in America.

The very center of ALL EVIL in the world originates from Washington DC. Other entrances to hell are the doors of the New York Times and Washington Post. The demons are everywhere in the USA but for those who do not want to look, they only blame Pootie Poot for all their troubles.


13 posted on 07/19/2022 4:32:36 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: McGruff

So...the beard is coming to the US...


14 posted on 07/19/2022 4:39:08 AM PDT by Mashood
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Desperation. Ukraine wants more than money and weapons. It wants direct American involvement as defeat looms.


15 posted on 07/19/2022 4:50:25 AM PDT by kabar
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Is she both a beard and a handler, by chance?


16 posted on 07/19/2022 4:52:21 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Flavious_Maximus

The Khazarian mafia has been subjugating the world for over 1000 years.


17 posted on 07/19/2022 4:54:51 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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Is the Ukrainian First Lady bitching because her husband had an agenda he couldn’t get to because of crises that keep cropping up...like a silly war? “He’s just had so many things thrown his way,” “We didn’t see the war in Ukraine coming.”

Bless her little heart...


18 posted on 07/19/2022 5:04:42 AM PDT by moovova
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“..Kyiv is keen to seek more military aid and political backing from the US...”

The EU and other supporting countries are easing the sanctions and financial support, ditto military support. Support is drying up.

The US will soon be the sole source of dollars and hardware for the war. The US will have to decide to fund a forever war or negotiate with Russia.

What’s it going to be?????


19 posted on 07/19/2022 5:06:04 AM PDT by elpadre (W )
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...Kyiv is keen to seek more military aid and political backing from the US.

That’s a switch.


20 posted on 07/19/2022 5:06:57 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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