The Ukrainian President is making his first visit outside of the country since Russia's invasion, to travel to Washington D.C.
Vladimir Putin vowed Russia will"improve" its nuclear arsenal during a speech in Moscow on Wednesday.
"This is the main guarantee of preserving our sovereignty and territorial integrity, strategic parity, and the general balance of power in the world." The Russian leader said he still considers Ukrainians to be a"brotherly people," and blamed the conflict on outside powers. The flight believed to be carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the U.S. is currently the most watched on live tracking site Flight Radar 24.
The flight was being tracked online by over 3,600 people, as of 7:30 a.m. ET, making it the"#1 Worldwide" on the site.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed Zelensky's U.S. visit will lead to an"aggravation of the conflict" in Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to address Congress tonight, as part of a visit to Washington D.C. that will also include meetings with President Biden and other top officials.
Planning for the visit, which was organized in secret due to security concerns, began after Biden spoke to Zelensky by phone on December 11.
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