US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was preparing an announcement on aid to Ukraine, pointing to an alternative “financing vehicle”, after Republicans in Congress questioned the continuity of this aid to Kiev.
“I will be announcing very soon a major speech that I will give on this issue and why it is extremely important to the United States and our allies that we maintain our commitment to Ukraine,” Biden told reporters.
White House officials have declined to reveal the date on which Biden plans to deliver that speech. The president did not elaborate on the alternatives he has in mind for obtaining additional military aid to Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia.
“There is another way we can find financing, but I won’t go into details now,” the head of state said.
Aid to Ukraine has been a source of tension and uncertainty, as several Republicans in the House of Representatives express serious doubts about continuing aid or openly oppose additional funding to support Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion that began last February , to support.
The president said the backlash “concerns” him but noted there is broad bipartisan support.
The deal reached last week to keep the government running until mid-November ruled out the $13 billion (12.3 billion euros) in additional aid for Kiev that the Biden administration requested, raising questions about how long the United States will be able to continue to do this. Support Ukraine financially.
The agreement to temporarily keep the North American executive branch in place came at a high political price for the former president of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy.
At the instigation of Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and other conservatives, McCarthy on Tuesday became the first speaker of the House of Congress to be removed from office.
The military offensive that Russia launched in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 caused the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II (1939-1945), according to the most recent UN data.
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by most of the international community, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and impose political and economic sanctions on Russia.
Source: DN
