Zelensky briefs Speaker Johnson as Congress struggles to find path forward on Ukraine aid

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the war in Ukraine in a phone call that comes as Congress wrestles with a path forward on providing the embattled country with increased foreign aid. 

The Ukrainian president spoke to Johnson on the latest attacks by the Russian military, he said in a post on X on Thursday afternoon, thanking the speaker “personally” as well as the rest of the U.S. government for its support while also making the case for continued aid. 

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