Zelenskyy confirms US trip to meet Biden at the White House

On Tuesday, Mr Zelenskyy made a daring and dangerous trip to the city of Bakhmut, what he called the hottest spot on the 800-mile front line

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards a serviceman at the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Picture: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is on his way to Washington for a summit with President Joe Biden and an address to a joint session of Congress in his first known foreign trip since Russia’s invasion began in February.

The highly sensitive trip is taking place after 10 months of a brutal war that has seen tens of thousands killed and wounded on both sides of the conflict, along with devastation for Ukrainian civilians.