The president also called on Congress to pass his $33 billion request for humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.
, the U.S. has sent about $3.8 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, according to the State Department."The United States has provided a historic amount of security assistance to Ukraine at rapid speed," Biden said in a statement on Friday.
"With today’s announcement, my Administration has nearly exhausted funding that can be used to send security assistance through drawdown authorities for Ukraine," Biden added. " ... Congress should quickly provide the requested funding to strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield and at the negotiating table."
"We will continue to provide Ukraine the arms its forces are effectively using to defend their country and the freedom of their fellow citizens," U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken also said. "In addition to military assistance, we also continue to provide direct U.S. financial support to Ukraine, support for documenting evidence of Russia’s atrocities against Ukraine’s civilians, and measures to continue ratcheting up the pressure on Putin’s crumbling economy.
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