Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the US Congress in his first foreign trip abroad since his country’s war with Russia on Wednesday. 

He announced his visit on the background of the front-line city of Bakhmut on Tuesday, with the White House also confirming Joe Biden will host his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington. 

Zelenskyy has hosted guests in Kyiv since the outbreak of hostilities on February 24. 

In a letter on Tuesday, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged members of Congress to be in attendance on Wednesday night.