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Zelensky in Washington will only 'bring direct war with Russia closer,' warn peace activists
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington today

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY’S Washington visit to ask for more weaponry “will only bring us closer to direct war with Russia,” US peace activists warned today.

The Ukrainian president travelled to the US capital today in his first foreign trip since the Russian invasion began in February.

In the early days of the invasion he declined a US offer to evacuate him, when Washington assumed Kiev would quickly fall to Russian forces.

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