Zelenskyy visits US ammunition plant to rally support for Ukraine

The Pennsylvania plant is one of the few facilities in the country that manufactures 155 mm howitzer shells.

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00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory on Sunday

00:07as part of a countrywide trip aimed at rallying support for Kyiv.

00:12Howitzer shells are one of the most critically needed munitions for Ukraine to fend off Russian

00:17ground forces.

00:19Production has ramped up over the past year, with Washington sending more than three million

00:23shells.

00:24I am very honored to be here with my team and started, as I said to colleagues, started

00:31my visit to America from your city, from your plant, from Pennsylvania, and just some number,

00:43you said that 400 people work here, but I wanted very much to come here and to thank

00:47you.

00:48400 people saved millions of Ukrainians.

00:53Zelenskyy's visit kicks off a busy week in the U.S.

00:57He is expected to speak at the U.N. General Assembly annual gathering on Tuesday and Wednesday

01:03and meet with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday.