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Zelensky presents the US Congress with a Ukrainian flag from the Bakhmut front

At the end of his speech before a plenary session of the US Congress committed to his cause, the Ukrainian president wanted to offer a flag taken directly from a Ukrainian battlefield.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented elected members of the US Congress with a Ukrainian flag from Bakhmout, a city in eastern Ukraine that is currently the hottest spot on the front.

“When I was in Bakhmout yesterday, our heroes gave me the flag, their flag. The flag of those who defend Ukraine, Europe and the world at the cost of their lives,” he said, before handing over the blue and yellow. flag, covered with the signatures of the soldiers, to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and the vice president Kamala Harris, president of the Senate.

In exchange, they presented Volodymyr Zelensky with an American flag that was flown atop the Capitol on Wednesday to mark his historic visit to the capital.

First greeted by a standing ovation from members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Ukrainian president, dressed in his traditional khaki attire, in English and with the utmost solemnity, said: “Contrary to the most dire predictions, “Ukraine has not fallen Ukraine is alive and fighting.”

Author: PT with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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