2023-10-01 19:51:00
“I want to assure our American allies, the American people and the Ukrainian people that they can count on our support and we will not retreat,” the Democrat said on Sunday. At the same time, Biden warned that there was not much time left to approve new aid.
“We will sort it out”
“We have time, not much time, and there is an overwhelming sense of urgency.” Asked what he had to say to Ukraine and allies, Biden emphasized: “Look at me. We’ll get this done.” With a view to approving further aid, the president made it clear that he had made a deal with the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. It remains to be seen whether this can be trusted. Biden continued that he did not want to believe that Republicans and Democrats would “let more people die unnecessarily in Ukraine for purely political reasons.”
On Saturday, Congress passed an interim budget until mid-November, thus averting a shutdown. However, the agreement does not contain any further support for Ukraine, which is being attacked by Russia. During the vote, the Democratic and Republican leaders announced that they would ensure that additional support for the attacked country should be voted on as quickly as possible. US support for Ukraine will not end immediately. But the aid funds that have already been approved are running out, which is why new funds will have to be approved soon.
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Not only Kiev, but also EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is counting on Washington to continue supporting Ukraine. “We believe that this is not the last word,” said Borrell, commenting on the US decision to adopt an interim budget without money for Ukraine. This is deeply regrettable, said Borrell on Sunday. “I have hope that this is not the final decision and that the US will continue to support Ukraine.”
85 billion euros from the EU
Borrell said he spoke to the new Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov regarding the priorities of the EU and its members in military aid and training. “Our military aid has reached 25 billion euros,” he said. Including humanitarian, economic and financial aid, Europe will support the country attacked by Russia with 85 billion euros.
Of the one million artillery shells to be procured in the EU, 300,000 might already be delivered. The EU foreign policy chief made it clear that EU aid was independent of the situation on the battlefield. “Our support for Ukraine does not depend on how the war goes in the next few days or weeks.” It’s regarding “long-lasting and structural” help once morest an existential threat. Borrell came to Ukraine on Saturday and first visited the port city of Odessa on the Black Sea.
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