Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet US President Joe Biden
at the White House when he visits the US next week, US media report.
Both
leaders are also due to attend the meeting of the United Nations
General Assembly in New York that week, reports CBS News, the BBC's US
partner.
Other US outlets report that he will also visit Capitol Hill to lobby for more US aid to fight Russia's invasion.
The US provides billions in weapons and aid to fund Ukraine's military.
US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine last week to announce
the newest aid package amounting to more than $1bn (£800bn). The aid
includes depleted uranium tank shells, which the US had previously said would not be sent to Ukraine.
Last month, Mr Biden called on Congress to send another $24bn to Ukraine.
While
at the UN headquarters in New York, where he is slated to deliver a
speech to the assembly, Mr Zelensky is also reportedly planning to hold
meetings with other visiting world leaders.
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday that he plans
to sit down with his Ukrainian counterpart on the sidelines of the UN
meetings.
As the BBC's Paul Adams in Kyiv has reported,
there has been a narrative developing in some circles in recent weeks
that Washington is frustrated with the slow pace of Ukraine's offensive.
Some
US leaders have reportedly been critical of the way Ukraine's generals
are conducting the war, leading to some tension between the two nations.
Since
June, Ukraine's territorial gains in the counter-offensive have been
very small, but Ukrainian generals claim they have breached Russia's
formidable first line of defences in the south.
The
lack of any major change to the battlefield has increased pressure on
Ukraine to justify its need for help, analysts say, and has made it
harder for it to convince western backers to continue the stream of
supplies.
The
visit also comes as a growing number of US Republicans - including
several running for president in 2024 - voice opposition to continued
assistance to Ukraine.
Mr Biden and Mr Zelensky last held direct in-person talks in Lithuania in July during a Nato summit.
Before that, they met at a G7 summit in Japan in May.
The trip will be Mr Zelensky's second to the US as Ukrainian president.
His
first visit - which was his first trip outside of Ukraine since the war
began - was shrouded in secrecy due to security concerns.
In
a speech to Congress during the trip, Mr Zelensky appealed to Americans
to see their contribution as an "investment" in global security, rather
than an act of "charity".
