U.S. House speaker declines Zelenskiy invitation to visit Ukraine -CNN

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks through Statuary Hall ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he has no plans to visit Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy extended an invitation, CNN reported on Wednesday.

In an interview with CNN set to air on Wednesday, Zelenskiy asked McCarthy, a Republican, to see the situation in Ukraine firsthand.