The first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is visiting the United States, BTA reported, citing the Associated Press.

The program of the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington includes a number of attention-grabbing events.

Yesterday she met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, today she will be received by First Lady Jill Biden, and tomorrow she will address Congress.

The State Department first announced that Zelenska and Blinken would appear briefly before photographers, then reversed its decision.

This reflects the fact that the wife of the Ukrainian president is not visiting the United States as an official representative of the state.

Olena Zelenska largely disappeared from public space during the first months of the war in Ukraine, AP notes.

For security reasons, she was kept elsewhere by her husband along with their two children.

Olena Zelenska came out of seclusion on May 8 to welcome US First Lady Jill Biden, who made an unannounced advance visit to Western Ukraine.

Since then, the 44-year-old wife of the Ukrainian president appears more often in public.

Olena Zelenska studied architecture, but worked as a scriptwriter for comedy series, including for her husband.

Before being elected President of Ukraine in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was an actor and became popular with the TV series "Servant of the People", in which he played the role of the president.