Ukraine president to attend sessions at the UN general assembly and press leaders on the use of western weapons inside Russia

As we mentioned in the opening summary, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy began his visit to the US with a visit to the Scranton army ammunition plant, which produces components for artillery and mortar shells. He said in a post on X that he is grateful to American workers who are helping build “this incredible arsenal of global freedom”.

The Scranton plant is among the few facilities in the US that manufactures 155mm artillery shells, which are used in howitzer systems able to strike targets from a long distance. The plant is reported to have ramped up production of these shells in the last year.