• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with President  Biden at the White House.
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•  In his first foreign trip since the war began, Zelensky will hold a news conference with Biden and address a joint meeting of Congress at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced an additional $1.85 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, which includes the Patriot missile defense systems.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky presented US President  Biden with a Ukrainian cross for military merit after both leaders spoke to reporters from the White House.

Zelensky thanked Biden and the US Congress for their support and expressed appreciation to the American people as well."Thank you so much, Mr. President. Of course thanks bipartisan support, thanks Congress, and thanks from our just ordinary people to your ordinary people, Americans. I really appreciate," he said.

Zelensky then presented Biden with a hero's award, which he said was passed along from a captain in the Ukrainian military fighting in the Donbas region.

"One guy who's really, really a hero, real captain, and he asked me to pass his award, and he asked me to pass his award to President Biden," Zelensky said. "He's very brave and he said give it to very brave President, and I want to give you, that is a cross for military merit."

Biden thanked Zelensky and said that he would send the Ukrainian captain a US command coin in return."Undeserved but much appreciated, thank you," Biden said. "Well, we have a tradition here, and I will give it to him. 

My son who fought in Iraq, they have what they call a command coin. Have you seen those coins we get in the battlefield? I will make sure that he gets one of those. Thank you."