Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Utah for governors convention

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will beryllium making a travel to Utah to speak connected Friday, July 12, during nan National Governors Association gathering successful Salt Lake City.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who is presently wrapping up his year-long tenure arsenic chair of nan National Governors Association, confirmed nan sojourn done a societal media station connected Twitter/X.

“We’re honored to invited President Zelenskyy and First Lady Zelenska to Utah and nan National Governors Association,” Gov. Cox said successful a statement. “Utah stands down Ukraine and we look guardant to proceeding his connection to nan nation’s governors.”

Zelenskyy, who will beryllium joined by his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska, is presently successful nan United States for nan 2024 NATO Summit held successful Washington, D.C. Zelenskyy has appealed to NATO leaders for stronger aerial defense and physics warfare systems arsenic it continues to look attacks from Russia.

Ukraine has been successful an ongoing conflict pinch Russia since it was invaded by Russian forces successful February 2022. In nan 2 years since, Zelenskyy has called connected Western nations for support.

As of July 3, nan United States has provided $51.4 cardinal successful subject assistance to Ukraine, including munitions, rocket defense systems, tanks, and aircraft.