Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, May 1, arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the official Telegram channel of the Office of the Ukrainian President said..

Zelensky called Pelosi's visit a signal of "

" These are recent powerful steps on defense and financial support for Ukraine, as well as decisions on lend-lease - we are grateful for this,"

He awarded Pelosi with the Order of Princess Olga III degree for a significant personal contribution to strengthening Ukrainian-American interstate cooperation, support for a sovereign, independent and democratic Ukraine.

For her part, Nancy Pelosi said that Ukraine is fighting for freedom and the US has an obligation to support Kyiv until " According to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Ukraine today is the "

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has provided Kyiv with active support. The United States provided about $3.4 billion in military aid to Ukraine in two months. On April 22, the administration of US President Joe Biden provided Ukraine with an $800 million military aid package with tactical drones, howitzers and artillery shells for them..

On April 24, Volodymyr Zelensky was visited in Kyiv by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. They promised to allocate $322 million to Kyiv for defense. On April 28, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to provide another $33 billion in aid to Ukraine..

Of these, 20 billion should go to weapons and equipment for military personnel, purchases and supplies of other military equipment, 8.5 billion - for direct economic support and 3 billion - for humanitarian assistance and food security of Ukraine.