Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says U.S. aid is crucial
CHICAGO -- Two years into the war between Ukraine and Russia , funding Ukraine 's fight has become a fight of its own in a divided Congress.This week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal visited Chicago – home to a large Ukrainian population and many refugees. He joined Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the governor's sister, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine 's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker, for a roundtable with Chicago area business leaders.
'A very important task for us is to create is to bring back all of these people to Ukraine after war will finished,' he said.While Shmyhal did not mention Russian President Vladimir Putin by name when he talked about war, CBS 2 did ask him to talk about the Russian leader.'For me it's clear. This is a brutal, illegal, unprovoked, aggression of Russia against Ukraine, and Putin is a dictator, and he is an aggressor - and should be punished,' he said.
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