Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Ukraine on Thursday, June 29, on an unannounced visit, reports NBC News.
Pence became the first Republican U.S. presidential candidate to meet with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during the campaign.
“I believe America is the leader of the free world,” Pence told NBC News.
As part of his visit, Pence is visiting the de-occupied Moschun, Bucha and Irpen in the Kiev region.
“To come here just as a private citizen – to be able to see firsthand the heroism of the Ukrainian soldiers who held the defense in those woods, to see the heroism of the people here in Irpen who held back the Russian army, to see the families whose homes were literally shelled in the midst of the brazen and unprovoked Russian invasion – it only strengthens my resolve to contribute, to continue calling for American strong support for our Ukrainian friends and allies,” Pence said
