VIDEO: New Military Aid Package Worth Millions of Dollars for Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that he has approved a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $200 million. The information was reported by TASS.

“I just approved an additional $200 million to Ukraine through the Department of Defense; it will be coming soon,” Biden said during a meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. His remarks were broadcast by C-SPAN.

At the same time, he noted that “the U.S. Congress needs to agree on additional funding allocations” to support Kyiv. The Washington administration sent a request to Congress in October for additional budget allocations for fiscal year 2024, which began in the U.S. on October 1. This primarily concerns providing assistance to Israel and Ukraine, as well as countering China and Russia in the Asia-Pacific region.

Overall, the executive branch under Biden is seeking approximately $106 billion for these purposes. The fate of the inquiry and alternative bills remains uncertain. Some Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate have recently opposed the continuation of financial aid to Kyiv. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has warned about the intention to link further assistance to Ukraine with tightening control over the southern border of the United States. Similar sentiments have been expressed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

On December 6, a bill providing significant new assistance to Ukraine and Israel, as well as countering Russia and China in the ATP, failed to pass a procedural vote in the Senate, despite Biden's special address to Congress urging lawmakers to approve such expenditures before heading into the Christmas recess.