The American president announced that he would seek a compromise with Republicans in the House of Representatives, who are demanding additional funds to secure the southern border of the United States, in order to obtain their acceptance of an increase in aid to kyiv.
“Washington’s failure to provide additional aid to Ukraine works to Putin’s advantage.” – underlined President Biden, referring to the position of Republican members of Congress who have so far rejected proposals for an agreement on this aid.
“The whole world is watching what the United States will do to help Ukraine,” the president added. He stressed that it is unclear what other countries will do to help Ukraine if the United States does not rise to the challenge. kyiv “cannot wait any longer”, and the failure of the proposal on this subject during the vote in the House of Representatives would be “the best gift for Putin”, the president said.
“I call on Congress to stand on the side of freedom,” Biden said before the next vote in the House of Representatives on the Ukrainian funds.
