Why did Elena Zelenskaya and Yulia Navalnaya refuse to participate in Biden's speech?

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. EPA/ANDY RAIN Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. EPA/RONALD WITTEK Source: AAP / EPA/ANDY RAIN. EPA/RONALD WITTEK
Yulia, the widow of Russian politician Alexey Navalny, and Elena, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, declined the White House's invitation to attend US President Joe Biden's speech.
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