2023-09-23 22:42:48
21:46 GMT, September 23, 2023
The Ukrainian leader traveled to Washington in the midst of kyiv’s failed counteroffensive, which has already claimed the lives of more than 71,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The European leader suffered the rejection of US congressmen and the disinterest of world leaders in the United Nations, among other setbacks.
Read on SputnikVolodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the United States, which concluded this week from September 17 to 23, turned out to be more of a failure than a success. Sputnik reviews the mistakes and disappointments that marked his most recent visit to the North American capital.
Ukrainian responsibility in attack on Konstantinovka
The visit got off to a rocky start after the New York Times to publish the results of its own investigation into the September 6 missile attack on Konstantinovka in eastern Ukraine, which killed 15 civilians.
kyiv attributed the hostility to Moscow, but the American newspaper claimed that the Ukrainian side was to blame.
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“The evidence, […] including missile fragments, satellite images, witness accounts and social media posts, strongly suggests that the catastrophic attack was the result of an errant Ukrainian air defense missile fired by a Buk launch system,” the media outlet noted.
No Atacms missiles
Another US media outlet reported on “Zelensky’s icy welcome in Washington”, referring to the letter from six Republican senators and 22 members of the House of Representatives addressed to the White House, where they opposed President Joe Biden’s request. to provide $24 billion in additional funds for Ukraine.
The president finally announced a military assistance package for kyiv during a meeting at the executive headquarters with Zelensky, but for a markedly lower figure: $325 million.
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Notably, the Biden Administration chose not to provide Ukraine with the long-range Atacms missiles that would allow kyiv to launch attacks deep behind Russian lines.
The coldness of the Republican Party
The president of the North American House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, for his part, denied the Ukrainian president’s request to address a joint meeting of Congress. The parliamentarian explained to journalists that the legislators “simply did not have time” to give the platform to Zelensky.
McCarthy was seconded by Republican Byron Donalds, who said “there is no money in the House right now for Ukraine.” According to Donalds, “this is not a good time for [Zelenski] be here, frankly.”
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The American media Axios noted in this sense that “the effectiveness of Zelensky’s personal appeals […] has been questioned, as dozens of Republicans used her visit as an occasion to snub Ukraine’s requests and mock their wartime leader.”
Manipulated speech at the UN General Assembly
On September 19, the Ukrainian leader addressed a session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. American television channels showed many empty seats in the room where Zelensky gave the speech.
To prevent Ukrainian citizens from being aware of the loss of international support for their president, the European country’s broadcasters edited the images to create the illusion of a full auditorium, mistakenly including a shot of Zelensky himself among the spectators of his speech.
To make matters worse, the Ukrainian leader’s visit came amid futile attempts by his country’s Armed Forces to break through Russian defensive lines, a counteroffensive that President Vladimir Putin called “failure rather than stalemate.”
According to the president of the Eurasian country, the Ukrainian troops have lost more than 71,000 soldiers y more than 500 tanks since the beginning of the counteroffensive, which occurred on June 4.
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