US President Joe Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who visits the White House in Washington.

Beyond the sincere expressions of Ukrainian gratitude and firm pledges of ongoing American support, President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Biden came together on December 21st with specific, and sometimes differing goals for their meeting.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered an emotional wartime appeal to a joint meeting of Congress, telling Americans that “your money is not charity” and vowing that his people would eventually secure an improbable victory against Russia on behalf of all free nations.

“Against all odds and doom-and-gloom scenarios, Ukraine did not fall,” Mr. Zelensky said in halting but forceful English from the dais in the House chamber, where he was greeted with extended applause from lawmakers. (Related content on Page 5)