Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky directly appealed to senators for continued U.S. assistance on Tuesday as the Senate trudges on with talks on a border security deal that is critical to passing a larger bill that funds the war.
A bipartisan working group of senators has made next to no progress in weeks on a border security deal, which would be added to a defense spending bill that includes Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan assistance. Negotiators on both sides have acknowledged that the border measure is critical to passing the legislation through both chambers in a divided government.
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Zelensky’s Tuesday visit put a spotlight on the stalled negotiations, which have no end in sight despite this being the last working week of the year for the upper chamber.
The Ukrainian president did not…
