The wife of the President of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, arrived at the White House for an official meeting with US First Lady Jill Biden, CNN reports..

Joe and Jill Biden personally met the Ukrainian first lady on the porch, the president presented a large bouquet of flowers to Elena Zelenskaya, when she got out of the car, the first ladies hugged.

Zelenskaya and Biden discussed continued U.S. support for the government of Ukraine and its people, who are defending their democracy and suffering significant human losses, as well as the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war that will be felt over the coming years, the White House said..

After a private meeting with the Bidens, an expanded bilateral meeting was held with Douglas Emhoff, spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Deputy Administrator of the US Agency for International Development Isobel Coleman, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Mertier.

During the meeting, according to the White House, it was about what support and assistance the United States can provide to the Ukrainian people, as well as the need to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes..

Zelenskaya is in Washington this week to show Americans and the world the cost of Russia's war against Ukraine.. On Monday, she met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power, and will speak to members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning..

Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Joe Biden to visit Kyiv.

On May 8, Mother's Day, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska met with US First Lady Jill Biden in Uzhhorod.