Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for weapons holdup that helped Russia

PARIS U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine on Friday for a months-long congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the battlefield.

U.S. President Joe Biden Biden, right, meets in Paris on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who appealed for bipartisan U.S.support going forward "like it was during World War II."

Biden met in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who appealed for bipartisan U.S. support going forward “like it was during World War II.”

A day earlier, the two had attended ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, where Biden had drawn common cause between the allied forces that helped free Europe from Nazi Germany and today’s effort to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and Zelenskyy had been greeted with a rapt ovation.