Todd Prince
At a Pennsylvania munitions factory where 155-mm artillery shells are churned out by the thousands, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy grinned and shook hands, and he signed one of the shells that the Ukrainian military is heavily dependent on.
“It is in places like this where you can truly feel that the democratic world can prevail,” he said in a post on X, “thanks to people like these — in Ukraine, in America, and in all partner countries — who work tirelessly to ensure that life is protected.”
The munitions plant was Zelenskiy’s first stop on a weeklong visit to the United States, a trip shaping up to be one of the most consequential trips for the Ukrainian leader since Russia launched its all-out invasion in February 2022.
In speeches at the United Nations and meetings at the White House, Zelenskiy is hoping to rally the world to his cause fighting Europe’s largest land war since World War II — and also get permission to expand his military’s ability to hit Russia more forcefully inside Russia itself.
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