Zelenskyi reacted to US Congress building assault

photo: Office of the President

Anton Stolyarov

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has condemned the storming of the Capitol in Washington.

He wrote about this on Twitter.

"We denounce the unprecedented violence against the US Congress. We are inspired by the resilience of this oldest and largest democratic institution in the world, which held a historic meeting just hours after this horrific attack, reaffirming the will of the American people," Zelenskyi wrote.

We strongly condemn the unprecedented violence against the US Congress. We are inspired by the resilience of this world's oldest & greatest democratic institution that within mere hours of this horrific attack held a historic session that affirmed the will of the American people

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 7, 2021

To recap, on January 7, the US Congress confirmed the victory of newly elected President Joe Biden in the presidential election.

Earlier, on January 6, Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Congress building, where they staged a pogrom.

A session of Congress began that day in the Capitol, where the votes of the board of electors were to be counted and the elected president, Democrat Joe Biden, was to be approved. However, because of Republican objections, the Congress was adjourned.

At the same time, Trump has stated that he doesn't admit his defeat in the presidential election and "will never give up."

Biden reportedly responded to the riots in the Capitol and Trump recorded an address to his supporters.

Police were able to clear the Capitol, the encounter resulted in injuring over 30 people and killing four.

After that, the US Congress resumed work.