Ukraine

Zelenskyy told the National Governors Association summer meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday that the world’s leaders should see for themselves the carnage wrought since Russia invaded his country more than two years ago.

According to the president and CEO of Utah’s defense and aerospace association, the industry brings as much as $25 billion to the state economy every year. Aaron Starks sat down with KUER to discuss the state of the industry in Utah.

Biden and Zelenskyy are scheduled to speak from the White House at 2 p.m. MT / 4 p.m. ET

January Walker with the Utah United Party, Cassie Easley with the Constitution Party and Brad Green with the Libertarian Party didn’t qualify for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District debate, but will appear on voters’ ballots.

“Hamas and Putin represent different threats," the president said from the White House. "But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.”

It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine and refugees now living in Utah are still anxious to get home.

The president pledged that the United States and its allies will “have Ukraine’s back” as the war enters its second year.

This year’s winners were announced at an awards ceremony Friday afternoon in Park City, Utah, which included an audience prize for the world cinema documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”

“On one hand, we are very happy to celebrate this happy time, especially with new people in a new country,” said Zulfiana Shakur Khan “On the other hand, we feel sad that people are dying [on the frontlines back home].”

The president of the embattled country paid a defiant wartime visit to Washington to thank U.S. leaders and “ordinary Americans” for their support in fighting off Russia’s invasion.

Salt Lake City artist Galina Perova and Jacke Corbett had been on a mission to rescue relatives who had fled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The White House has warned that Russia could launch cyberattacks against the U.S.