Zelensky’s video address to US senators cancelled at last minute
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky cancelled his planned video linkup with US senators, scheduled to take place during a closed briefing on allocating funds for additional aid to Ukraine, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, TASS agency reports.
"Zelensky, by the way, could not make it <…> to our briefing," he said. "Something happened at the last minute."
On Monday Schumer announced that the US government had asked Zelensky to address senators during a closed briefing, adding that he expected all senators to visit the event.
Within the next few days, the US is to vote on the issue of allocating additional funds, including for military aid to Kiev.
US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew Miller said on December 4 that the US administration had used 97% of the Congress-approved funds earmarked for assistance to Ukraine. On the same day, Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Biden administration, issued a letter to Congressional leadership warning that the US would run out of resources to help Ukraine by the end of the year, if the lawmakers turned down the administration’s financing draft.
