Mike Pence expresses his support for Volodymyr Zelensky on his surprise visit to Ukraine

2023-06-29 20:45:20

Pence thus becomes the first of the Republican Party’s candidates for the US Presidency to visit the country since the Russian invasion. (SPECIAL)

Former US Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to kyiv on Thursday and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US media reported.

Pence thus becomes the first of the Republican Party’s candidates for the US Presidency to visit the country since the Russian invasion.

Pence explained to NBC, the first news outlet to report his visit, that he was traveling as a “private citizen” who wants to know first hand the “heroism” of the Ukrainian army and people, stressing their “determination” to ensure US support for the “friends and allies” from Ukraine.

The former vice president of the Government of Donald Trump (2017-2021) wanted to show with this trip his position regarding the Ukrainian conflict, as a defender of the role of US leadership in supporting Kiev in its fight against the Russia of Vladimir Putin, and this despite the fact that this support does not seem important to the bases of his party.

NBC recalled in this regard that, in one of its latest surveys, more than half of Republican voters considered it unlikely to vote for a candidate who wants to continue supporting Ukraine and sending weapons and economic aid to the country, compared to 28%. that I would be willing.