Zelenskyy to meet Biden as Ukraine pushes US to ease weapons restrictions

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as he presses for the US to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia.

“I’m looking forward to hosting my friend President Zelenskyy of Ukraine next week at the White House,” Mr Biden said in message posted on X, formerly Twitter.