House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this weekend told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that additional U.S. support “is on the way.”
“We are here to say to you that we are with you till this fight is over,” Pelosi said during their meeting in Kyiv, according to a video released by her office on Sunday. Pelosi, who travelled with a congressional delegation, is the highest-level U.S. official to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Her delegation’s trip was previously unannounced.
The visit comes as a number of civilians who have been holed up in houses near fighting being waged at a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol were evacuated via a humanitarian corridor established on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Meanwhile, concerns about escalation and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine loom large in U.S. public opinion, even as majorities of Americans favor increased support for Ukraine, particularly in terms of humanitarian aid and further economic sanctions on Russia.
Fifty-five percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll also favor increased military support, even as eight in 10 express worries about a wider war or the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia. As many also worry about direct U.S. military involvement, a step most by far rule out.
Economically, two-thirds are very or somewhat concerned that sanctions against Russia will contribute to higher food and energy prices in the United States. Yet two-thirds also support increasing such sanctions, a sign of commitment to Ukraine’s cause. Indeed, among those who are concerned about price impacts, 64% support sanctions anyway.
Source-ABC
