US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House is meeting with Congress to persuade lawmakers to approve President Joe Biden’s request for additional funding for Ukraine. Sullivan said this while speaking at a briefing. TASS.
He said the administration is currently working “closely” with the Senate and the House of Representatives on the additional funding package for Kiev.
Responding to journalists’ question whether Biden had received Congressional guarantees that the United States could continue to help Ukraine, Sullivan emphasized that he was not ready to talk about such guarantees and described the negotiations that started in both houses of Congress as constructive and constructive. happening in a positive way. According to him, most likely, additional funds will be allocated, and Ukraine will receive “everything it needs.”
It was previously reported by the US Department of Defense. has been finalized A $192 million contract with the American company Raytheon for the purchase of AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles as part of the military aid package to Ukraine.
Formerly USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.