(KRON) -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, representing California's 11th congressional district in San Francisco, welcomed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine to her office in Washington, D.C., this week. In a statement, the speaker said she had the opportunity to express her "immense admiration and respect for the courage of the Ukrainian people as they defend democracy in the face of Russia's unprovoked aggression." Pelosi revisited Zelenskyy after their last meeting in 2022 when the speaker made an impromptu trip to Ukraine. This encounter marked the highest-ranking U.S. member to meet with the president since the war against Russia first began. KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 1: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "UKRAINIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) awards the Order of Princess Olga to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) during their meeting in the capital Kyiv, Ukraine on May 1, 2022. (Photo by Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) "Many of us in the Congress are continuing to work alongside the Biden-Harris Administration and our allies to support Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for its atrocities and its unprovoked war," Pelosi said. "We are inspired by their courage, their commitment to democracy, and their love of country." This week, the Biden-Harris administration announced a new security assistance package committing an additional $2.4 Billion in support of Ukraine to the estimated $62 billion the US has sent to Ukraine so far, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) present Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky an American flag after receiving a Ukrainian national flag from him following his address to the US Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 21, 2022. Zelensky is in Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden and address Congress -- his first trip abroad since Russia invaded in February. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) "We know that the fight for freedom in Ukraine is the fight for freedom itself, and supporting Ukraine is not only an investment in global security – it is an investment in America’s economic security," Pelosi said. Aside from President Zelenskyy, Pelosi also welcomed Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, and Oksana Markarova, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, to her office in San Francisco.