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Their summit was Zelenskyy's first known trip outside his home country since the war began in February.
The highly sensitive trip was taking place after 10 months of a brutal war that has seen tens of thousands of casualties on both sides and devastation for Ukrainian civilians. Just before his arrival, the U.S. announced its largest single delivery of arms to Ukraine, including Patriot surface-to-air missiles, and Congress planned to vote on a spending package that includes about US$45 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her invitation to Zelenskyy to speak to legislators, said "the fight for Ukraine is the fight for democracy itself" and that they were looking forward to "hearing your inspiring message of unity, resilience and determination." Putin also said the Russian military's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will enter service shortly.
All Russian men ages 18 to 27 are obliged to serve in the military for one year, but many use college deferments and health exemptions to avoid the draft. Some Russian military experts have argued that the more compact units intended for use in local conflicts were undermanned and underequipped for a massive conflict like the action in Ukraine.
The White House announcement of the military aid for Ukraine came just hours before Zelenskyy arrived. The massive $1.8 billion package includes for the first time a Patriot missile battery and precision guided bombs for fighter jets, US officials said. Moscow also was involved in high-level diplomacy. The deputy head of Russia's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, met Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In Ukraine, Russian forces pounded populated areas with more missiles and artillery Wednesday. They shelled areas around the city of Nikopol in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, its governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on Telegram on Wednesday morning. "They simply kill," Oleksii Reznikov wrote on Twitter. He said that as, of December 21, in the country's northeastern Kharkiv province the bodies of about 500 civilians who died during the period of Russian occupation have been found.
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