President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in KyivMOSCOW, May 2. The trip of Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Kyiv speaks of the White House's desire to further drag out the conflict, Chinese expert Liu Xiang said in a commentary to Global Times, recalling the words of Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. Earlier, the head of the Russian military department noted, that the White House and the Western countries controlled by it are doing everything to delay the special operation of the Russian armed forces, they intend to fight «to the last Ukrainian». China told how aid to Kyiv turned into a trap for Biden»The US hopes that Pelosi's visit will demonstrate continued US support for Ukraine. crisis in order to weaken Moscow,» Liu Xiang explained. Last week, Biden announced that he had sent a request to Congress for an additional $33 billion in funding for «unprecedented assistance» to Ukraine in the areas of defense, security, and humanitarian support. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Russia
