Zelensky makes plea for U.S. aid to Ukraine

Washington (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky goes to Congress and the White House on Tuesday to press for more US military aid in battling the Russian invasion, but the Republican Party shows little sign of listening to his increasingly desperate pleas. For much of the nearly two years that Ukraine has resisted President Vladimir Putin's onslaught, the United States has led a Western coalition sending billions of dollars in weaponry and ammunition. But Republicans are ever-more openly rejecting the need to fund Ukraine, saying that President Joe Biden needs to devote more attentio...