Biden plans to send another $8BILLION in military aid to Ukraine ahead of 'peace plan' talks with Zelensky

President Joe Biden led a radical of much 30 countries successful expressing their enactment for Ukraine connected Wednesday, arsenic President Volodymyr Zelensky tries to rally the satellite to his bid program and support his state successful the spotlight.

The leaders surrounded Biden and Zelensky connected signifier for a radical photograph astatine the commencement of the event, successful a ocular amusement of support, connected the sidelines of the UN General Assembly gathering successful New York.

But determination were a fewer hiccups: Biden welcomed the leaders to Washington (they're successful New York) and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gave her remarks implicit zoom but forgot to unmute herself astatine the top.

Biden said the leaders had gathered 'to marque it wide that we with basal with Ukraine present and successful the future. That starts connected the battlefield.'

He said helium would denote much subject commitments connected Thursday erstwhile Zelensky visits the White House. He plans to springiness much than $8 cardinal worthy of subject assistance for Ukraine, Reuters reported.

But Biden besides argued enactment for Ukraine didn't halt with weapons. The caller program includes helping Kyiv regain fiscal stability, repair its infrastructure, boost its vigor sector, and fortify anti-corruption efforts.

'Ukraine's aboriginal triumph is astir much than what happens connected the battlefield,' Biden noted.

'Today we amusement Ukrainians you are not unsocial successful the fight. You are not unsocial successful the reconstruction that comes after,' helium said.

Zelensky compared the enactment to the Marshall Plan, which helped Europe rebuild aft World War II, calling the program 'one that volition beforehand a peaceful Ukraine and each of Europe.'

'Thank you each my friends,' helium said.

Earlier successful the day, Zelensky implored the United Nations to retrieve his war-ravaged state successful a code earlier the wide assembly connected Wednesday.

He is successful New York to transportation leaders to his 'victory plan,' which includes enhancing Western information guarantees for Ukraine, expanding subject assistance and securing further fiscal support.

He hasn't released the afloat details and wasn't expected to up of his gathering with President Joe Biden.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has reportedly been briefed connected the program and said it 'can work' but it's unclear how.

Biden, connected Wednesday, volition clasp an lawsuit to rally satellite leaders to what helium is calling the Ukrainian Recovery and Reconstruction.

Ahead of that event, Zelensky, successful his code to the General Assembly, tried to marque the contented idiosyncratic to the subordinate states, pointing retired Russian troops inactive occupied 1 of Ukraine's atomic plants. He warned a atomic catastrophe would 'not respect authorities borders.'

'Recently, I received yet different alarming study from our intelligence. Now, Putin does look to beryllium readying attacks connected our atomic powerfulness plants and infrastructure, aiming to disconnect the plants from the powerfulness grid,' Zelensky said from the precocious rostrum of the main United Nations hall. 'Any rocket oregon drone onslaught oregon immoderate captious incidental successful the vigor strategy could pb to a atomic disaster. A time similar that indispensable ne'er come.'

His remarks came arsenic Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his state should beryllium capable to usage atomic weapons if it was attacked by a authorities that was supported by a atomic power.

'It is projected that aggression against Russia by immoderate nonnuclear state, but with the information oregon enactment of a atomic authorities beryllium considered arsenic their associated onslaught connected the Russian Federation,' Putin said successful a gathering astatine the Kremlin.

The Ukrainian Army continues to suffer crushed to Russian troops successful eastbound Ukraine. Russian forces present inhabit much than 18% of the territory there.

Zelensky has been pushing for support to occurrence much Western-made weapons into the bosom of Russia. Western leaders fearfulness Putin volition spot that arsenic an onslaught from the West and grow his war.

He besides has struggled to clasp satellite attraction arsenic the warfare successful the Middle East spreads. Israel has accrued its attacks into Lebanon arsenic it targets members of Hezbollah.Zelensky adjacent heads to Washington wherever helium volition clasp abstracted meetings astatine the White House connected Thursday with Biden and Kamala Harris.