Dan De Luce is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
President Joe Biden will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in France this week at a tense moment in ties between the two governments as Kyiv has grown frustrated by the pace of military assistance and U.S. criticisms of Ukraine’s anti-corruption efforts. Relations between the two governments appear to have reached the lowest point since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, former officials said. Ukrainian and U.S.
’s reaction,” Zelenskyy said at a recent news conference in Brussels. Biden’s absence “would only be met by an applause by Putin — a personal, standing applause,” Zelenskyy said. Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will be attending the June 15 event in Switzerland, the White House said. Ukraine had hoped that Biden could proceed to the conference as he will be in Italy only days earlier.
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