Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, third from left, speak during their meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, third from left, speak during their meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
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As Sunday wraps up in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the main developments for the day:
Congressional Democrats met Ukraine’s leaders in the capital, they announced on Sunday. Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials on Saturday for three hours to discuss US support for the war. Pelosi, the highest-ranking US official to visit Ukraine since the war began in February, said topics of discussion included “security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance and, ultimately, reconstruction when you win.”
About 100 civilians were evacuated from a steel plant in Mariupol. Later Thousands of civilians are still trapped In the besieged port city, about a thousand people are believed to be sheltering in bunkers beneath the factory. Previous efforts to evacuate civilians have been thwarted by continued Russian shelling.
Officials in Odesa imposed a curfew. Officials in the southern port city said the curfew in effect would last from Sunday night to Tuesday morning after warning of possible vandalism in the city. In the past, pro-Russian activists have campaigned for protests and unrest in the city on 2 May every year. Russian ground forces are now fighting just a few hours away, and Russian naval vessels are blockading the port of Odesa.
Germany said it was making progress in cutting down on its use Russian fossil fuels. European countries are under pressure to stop importing Russian gas, while Russia strengthens its economic power by cut gas to Poland and Bulgaria.
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