Nancy Pelosi meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv, civilians leave Mariupol steel plant
U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has met with Ukraine's president during a visit to the country's embattled capital, Kyiv.
by The Associated Press
May 01, 2022
4 minutes
Updated May 1, 2022 at 2:56 AM ET
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) â U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has led a Congressional delegation to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president before heading to Poland for talks with officials there.
Pelosi, a California Democrat and second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, and her visit marks a major show of continuing support for the country's struggle against Russia.
"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 Sunday.
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