ELECTIONS, POLITICS, & GOVERNMENT
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to attend national governor’s meeting in Salt Lake City
Jul 11, 2024, 4:00 PM
The National Governors Association meets in Utah where Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox sit at a table with visitors on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Spencer Cox via X)
(Spencer Cox via X)
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Gov. Spencer Cox welcomed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Utah and the National Governors Association meeting Friday in Salt Lake City.
Zelenskyy will address U.S. governors Friday in Salt Lake, as the group meets for its summer meetings Thursday and Friday where many state’s leaders join federal officials and leaders from academia, philanthropy and business, described as a “bipartisan conversations around top issues in states, commonwealths and territories” in a press release.
Related: Senate passes $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay
Cox said on X:
We’re honored to welcome President Zelenskyy and First Lady Zelenska to utah and the national Governors Association. Utah stands behind Ukraine and we look forward to hearing his message to the nation’s governors.
Zelenskyy is in the U.S. asking for financial and military aid for Ukraine from NATO nations, including the U.S. and President Joe Biden.
Biden announced a new $225 million aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, including a Patriot missile system to bolster its air defenses against a deadly onslaught of Russian airstrikes, Associated Press reported.
AP reported that Zelenskyy emphatically pushed for the help to arrive faster and for restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.
