The pitch, packaged as part of Zelensky’s “victory plan,” will be made during the Ukrainian leader’s visit to the U.S. this week for the UN General Assembly and his meeting with Biden. Zelensky also hopes to share his proposal with the two contenders for the November presidential elections: Vice President Kamala Harris from the Democratic party and Republican candidate Donald Trump. The visit comes at a pivotal moment in Russia’s full-scale invasion launched in early 2022, with both sides scrambling for resources.Zelensky’s in-person plea, which will be made later this week to his most powerful ally and leader of the free world comes as a group of European countries has been pressuring Washington, specifically outgoing President Biden, to boost weaponry for Kyiv and greenlight its strikes deeper into Russia using Western missiles.