Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has scrapped a scheduled appearance on Fox News and is leaving Washington, D.C., according to the U.S. broadcaster and multiple people familiar with his travel plans. The change comes hours after Zelensky held extended meetings in the U.S. capital and as discussions with former U.S. President Donald Trump and European Union leaders were said to have resumed, British broadcaster BBC reported. No official reason was given for the abrupt schedule change, and Kyiv has not announced a revised program. Zelensky had been in Washington to lobby for continued Western military and financial assistance as Ukraine’s war with Russia enters its fourth year. His early departure raises questions about the status of those talks ahead of an expected autumn aid vote in the U.S. Congress and a planned EU summit on further support for Kyiv.
🚨 BREAKING: President Zelenskyy has declined to join Fox News for his scheduled interview and is instead heading back to Ukraine. https://t.co/feuUBHXQ7E
🚨BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has CANCELLED his interview with Fox News tonight, and is now heading back home
Fox CONFIRMS Zelensky CANCELLED his interview https://t.co/zBlK41PlBs https://t.co/rAF6R6SlmA