The President of the USA reacted touchingly to the presentation.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, at the request of a Ukrainian military officer from Bakhmut, handed over the Cross for Military Merit to the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden. He clarified that this military man is the captain of the group that operates HIMARS.
This happened at the beginning of Zelenskyi’s meeting with Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, which was broadcast on the American TV channel CBS News. The President of Ukraine thanked the American President for his leadership.
Zelensky also thanked for bipartisan support of Ukraine in Congress, and also conveyed gratitude from ordinary Ukrainian citizens to ordinary American citizens. Zelenskyi reminded that yesterday he visited the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region.
“I want to give you something. One guy, who is a real hero, a real captain, asked me to give his award. He asked me to give his award to President Biden,” Zelensky emphasized and clarified that this Ukrainian military man is the captain of a military group. , which operate the HIMARS high-mobility artillery-missile system
“He is very courageous. And he said: hand it over to the very courageous president (Biden), and I want to hand it over to you – this is a cross for military merit,” Zelenskyy said.
The President of Ukraine also handed Biden a letter from this military man. Zelenskyi did not name the defender Bakhmut. It is only known that his name is Pavlo.
“Well, undeserved, but I appreciate it,” said the US president.
In turn, Biden told Zelensky about one American tradition and added that a Ukrainian military officer would receive an American military “commander’s coin.”
“My son fought in Iraq. They had what’s called a commander’s coin. Have you seen these coins that we get on the battlefield? I’m going to make sure he gets one of those,” Biden said.
Meeting between Biden and Zelensky
On the night of January 21, the media reported that Zelensky was going to the United States. At that time, he was allegedly already on his way to Washington. In the morning, the President of Ukraine officially confirmed his visit to the USA. He plans to meet with Biden and speak in Congress.
In the evening, it became known that Zelensky had arrived at the White House. It happened at approximately 21:04 Kyiv time. At the meeting with the President of Ukraine, Biden noted that the United States will continue to support Ukraine’s defense and aspirations for a just world.
