Biden expected to reaffirm his commitment to Ukraine when Zelenskyy visits Washington next week

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The Ukrainian president is expected to visit the United Nations in New York and the US Congress during his time in America.
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00:00 The White House has announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Joe Biden there
00:06 on Thursday, with the US President expected to reaffirm his commitment to Ukraine. Zelensky
00:13 will travel to Washington for the second time since the invasion after meeting world leaders
00:17 at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
00:20 We are always preparing a new military package for Ukraine. As you know, we do these presidential
00:25 drawdown packages essentially every couple of weeks and I think you can anticipate that
00:30 there will be a further announcement of additional resources and capabilities, additional weapons
00:35 to go to Ukraine as they continue this counter-offensive and to defend against Russian attacks.
00:43 In Ukraine, 32,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims from around the world visited Uman. They were
00:48 marking the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah by visiting the final resting place of Rabbi
00:53 Nachman of Breslov, the founder of Breslov Hasidism.
00:57 [Music]
01:03 (whooshing)

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