This request for aid includes $16.4 billion for the Defense Department, $3 billion for humanitarian assistance such as food insecurity, and a further $8.5 billion in economic assistance, reported. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Biden wrote, “Additional security assistance will put urgently needed equipment into the hands of Ukraine’s military and police, including ammunition, armoured vehicles, small arms, demining assistance and unmanned aircraft systems.” We either back the Ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the Russians continue their atrocities and aggression in Ukraine,” the US president said speaking at The White House on Thursday.īiden added that the military support in Ukraine so far adds to 10 anti-tank weapons for every Russian tank that has been deployed in Ukraine.
“The cost of this fight, it’s not cheap, but caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen. US President Joe Biden has, on Thursday, asked Congress to pass a $33 billion support package that would provide military, economic and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine.
