Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged Washington to remain united, as questions hover over American support for Kyiv following midterm elections to determine control of the US Congress.
US President Joe Biden, who has been a key ally of Ukraine and provided weapons and financial backing, has been encouraging voters to back Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
If both flip, Biden would be left as little more than a lame duck, calling into question continued robust US support for Kyiv.
"I call on you to maintain unwavering unity, as it is now, until that very day when we all hear those important words we have been dreaming of ... Until we hear that peace has finally been restored," Zelensky said in a recorded address, receiving the US Liberty Medal.
"Democracies must not stop on their way to the victory. As in any democratic society, Ukrainians have different views on life and politics," Zelensky said.
"But when Russia decided to destroy our freedom and wipe Ukraine off the face of the earth, we immediately got united and we keep this unity."
Later in the day, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, met with Zelensky in Kyiv.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Thomas-Greenfield said the US had "seen bipartisan support to Ukraine" and added that Biden "is committed to work with the US Congress so that this continues".
She announced "an additional $25 million from USAID to support vulnerable people in Ukraine during the harsh winter," as Russia has been pummelling energy infrastructures across the country.
The US Congress committed $40 billion for Ukraine in May with support across party lines and Ukraine's defence minister this week thanked the US after Kyiv took receipt of more air defence systems.
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