Biden: New military and financial aid to Ukraine is not enough
| Despite Washington's continuous military and financial aid to Ukraine, the US president addressed the country's lawmakers and announced that the amount of aid sent to Ukraine is not enough and should be increased. |
report Mehr News Agency, citing Tass, US President Joe Biden announced before the meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House that the military aid package 300 million dollars to Ukraine announced by the US government on Tuesday is not enough.
Biden continued: Today, the United States is announcing an emergency package for Ukraine, using cost savings from previously approved Pentagon contracts. This package contains ammunition and artillery shells, which I have authority to do without asking Congress for more money.
The American president said: I asked for much more money. And so what we announce today is not nearly enough. Congress must pass a bipartisan national security bill that includes emergency funding for Ukraine.
Biden went on to say that America’s commitment to Poland is unwavering and claimed: “We must act before it is literally too late.” .
Duda, who spoke after Biden, asked NATO member countries to increase their defense spending to 3% of their GDP.
The Reuters news agency reported yesterday, citing US officials, that after a break of almost three months since the announcement of the latest package of military aid to Kiev, It is preparing a 400 million dollar aid package of weapons for Ukraine.
America last announced the military aid package to Kiev at the end of December 2023. However, the legislators of the US Congress have not reached a consensus on the supplementary national security package of 118 billion dollars of this country. This package includes 60 billion dollars in aid for Ukraine, 14 billion dollars for the Zionist regime and reforms in border policy.
Western countries have provided hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s special military operation in February 2022.
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency “CIA” announced that Washington made a big and historic mistake by not providing financial support to Ukraine.
