{"id":107239,"date":"2024-09-26T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107239"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T07:39:07","slug":"zelensky-to-make-urgent-in-person-plea-to-biden-and-harris-as-ukraine-braces-for-possibility-of-a-trump-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107239","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky to make urgent in-person plea to Biden and Harris as Ukraine braces for possibility of a Trump presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1icqppn000lxrqef7ofb9hm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/25\/europe\/russia-ukraine-nuclear-zelensky-un-intl\/index.html\">Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s<\/a> visit to the White House on Thursday could be his final chance to convince a receptive American president of his country\u2019s war aims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00013b6mcfkz5uus@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The precise details of the \u201cvictory plan\u201d Zelensky plans to present in separate meetings to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are unknown, having been closely held until they are presented to the American leaders.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00023b6me5d2dio3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But according to people briefed on its broad contours, the plan reflects the Ukrainian leader\u2019s urgent appeals for more immediate help countering Russia\u2019s\u00a0invasion. Zelensky is also poised to push\u00a0for long-term security guarantees that could withstand changes in American leadership ahead of\u00a0what is widely expected to be a close presidential election between Harris and former President Donald Trump.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00033b6mb6ri7bhl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The plan, people familiar with it said, acts as Zelensky\u2019s response to growing war weariness even among his staunchest of western\u00a0allies. It will make\u00a0the case that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine\">Ukraine can still win<\/a> \u2014 and does not need to cede Russian-seized territory for the fighting to end \u2014 if enough assistance is rushed in.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00043b6myhuxfen6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That includes\u00a0again\u00a0asking permission to fire Western provided long-range weapons deeper into Russian territory, a line Biden once was loathe to cross but which he\u2019s recently appeared more open\u00a0to\u00a0as he has come under growing pressure to relent.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00053b6m67c0lui6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Even if Biden decides to allow the long-range fires, it\u2019s unclear whether the change in policy would be announced publicly.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00063b6m48pbhq0f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden is usually apt to take his time making decisions about providing Ukraine new capabilities. But with November\u2019s election potentially portending a major change in American approach to the war\u00a0if Trump were to win, Ukrainian officials \u2014 and many American ones \u2014 believe there is little time to waste.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00073b6muewc7558@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has\u00a0claimed\u00a0he will be able to \u201csettle\u201d the war upon taking office and has suggested he\u2019ll end US support for Kyiv\u2019s war effort.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00083b6mtu3inec0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThose cities are gone, they\u2019re gone, and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refused to make a deal,\u00a0Zelensky. There was no deal that he could have made that wouldn\u2019t have been better than the situation you have right now. You have a country that has been obliterated, not possible to be rebuilt,\u201d\u00a0Trump\u00a0said during a campaign speech in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw00093b6m5p4q9b8f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Comments like those have lent\u00a0new weight to Thursday\u2019s Oval Office talks, according to American and European officials, who have described an imperative to surge assistance to Ukraine while Biden is still in office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000a3b6m2hcyh36a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As part of Zelensky\u2019s visit, the US is expected to announce a major new security package, thought it will likely delay the shipping of the equipment due to inventory shortages, CNN previously reported according to two US officials.\u00a0On Wednesday, the\u00a0US announced\u00a0a package of\u00a0$375 million.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000b3b6mdswyu7c4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The president previewed Zelensky\u2019s visit to the White House a day beforehand, declaring on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly his administration was \u201cdetermined to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to prevail in fight for survival.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000c3b6memut66ph@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTomorrow, I will announce a series of actions to accelerate support for Ukraine\u2019s military \u2013 but we know Ukraine\u2019s future victory is about more than what happens on the battlefield, it\u2019s also about what Ukrainians do make the most of a free and independent future, which so many have sacrificed so much for,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000d3b6mla0j6uiz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Anxiety over the future of American support has colored many of Zelensky\u2019s visits to Washington. When he visited the White House last year, it was meant in part to apply pressure on Republican Congressional leaders to approve billions of dollars in new assistance.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000e3b6mkx8eo8mg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The aid was eventually passed, but support for Ukraine among allies of Trump is not high. While Zelensky will visit Capitol Hill on Thursday, he won\u2019t meet Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000f3b6mibxivqpa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis war has ground away at Russia\u2019s basic vitality. If you look at the sheer number of casualties killed and wounded among the Russians, a million Russians leaving the country, yes, their war machine is cranking, but their economy is getting hollowed out,\u201d US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on MSNBC this week. \u201cSo I do believe over time, whether it\u2019s Putin or the people around him, they will see the futility in continuing to try to drive at this. It\u2019s incumbent on us to help hasten that day.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000g3b6mnflp5v3h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zelensky\u2019s separate meeting with\u00a0Harris\u00a0on Thursday \u2013 set to take place after the Ukrainian leader has wrapped up with Biden \u2013\u00a0signals his desire to further develop what would be his most important leader-to-leader relationship should she win.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000h3b6mwhlxi5aq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the weeks since taking the political baton from Biden, Harris and her aides have gone to great lengths to insist that on major matters of foreign policy, there is no daylight between the vice president and the outgoing president.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000i3b6mnt84pxif@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia is no exception, they say, insisting that Ukraine would continue to have the US\u2019s unwavering support against Russian aggression under a Harris presidency.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000j3b6mirb957g5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The vice president\u2019s face time with Zelensky on Thursday would mark their sixth meeting since the war broke out in February of 2022. Just several days prior to the start of Russian attacks in February 2022, the vice president also saw Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference, where the two discussed Russia\u2019s military build-up around Ukraine and the possibility of the start of a war.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000k3b6mygapfn4t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In her remarks at the Democratic National Convention last month, Harris was deliberate in taking credit for the US\u2019s response.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000l3b6m4mlarlos@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFive days before Russia attacked Ukraine, I met with President Zelensky to warn him about Russia\u2019s plan to invade. I helped mobilize a global response \u2013 over 50 countries \u2013 to defend against Putin\u2019s aggression,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd as president, I will stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000m3b6m48urls2y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Advisers to the vice president say Trump\u2019s public statements about the war in Ukraine could not make more clear the starkly different foreign policy worldviews of the vice president and the former president. (Trump appears unlikely to sit down with the Ukrainian leader, despite saying last week they would \u201cprobably\u201d meet.)\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000n3b6mhupdtpmc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s campaign has been blasting\u00a0Zelensky over an interview with the New Yorker published Sunday in which\u00a0Zelensky called vice presidential nominee JD Vance \u201ctoo radical.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000o3b6mhuipjanp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHis message seems to be that Ukraine must make a sacrifice. This brings us back to the question of the cost\u00a0and\u00a0who shoulders it. The idea that the world should end this war at Ukraine\u2019s expense is unacceptable,\u201d\u00a0Zelensky said in the interview.\u00a0 \u201cFor us, these are dangerous signals, coming as they do from a potential Vice-President.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000p3b6m2s3zuqrl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump alluded to the comments in North Carolina on Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000q3b6m51aa5we3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe President of Ukraine is in our country. He\u2019s making nasty little aspersions toward your favorite president, me,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000r3b6mneh0nvlp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There is quiet recognition even inside the Biden administration that any reassurances Zelensky may receive from Biden and Harris this week on the US\u2019s commitment to supporting Ukraine could all be for naught under a different American president.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000s3b6mpxo0wrg3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At the signing of a new US-Ukraine defense pact on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Italy in June, Zelensky was asked what contingency plan he might have for precisely such a scenario.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1idatvw000t3b6m3dudur68@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf the people are with us, any leader will be with us in this struggle for freedom,\u201d Zelensky responded.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/26\/politics\/zelensky-biden-harris-washington-visit\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s visit to the White House on Thursday could be his final chance to convince a receptive American president of his country\u2019s war aims. 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