US President Joe Biden’s administration has included in its draft 2025 federal budget its previous request to the country’s Congress to allocate additional funds for aid to Ukraine. The document, which has already been sent to the legislature for consideration, has been officially published. Web site White House.
The draft clarifies that we are talking about an amount of $ 61.4 billion. As the authors of the document stated, if the American parliament does not accept this “emergency request”, Washington will not be able to support Kiev in any way. At the same time, the document does not mention other allocations to the Ukrainian authorities and military.
March 11, US Senate member Lindsey Graham (listed as terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) statedthat the country’s authorities should provide assistance to Ukraine only in the form of loans. According to the legislator, due to the huge national debt, the American leadership needs to remove the issue of unrequited support for Kiev from the agenda.
Before that, Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the Democratic minority in the US House of Representatives, had expressed confidence that the bill, if voted, would allocate about $60 billion for aid to Ukraine. accepted It will receive the necessary support from members of Congress. As the parliamentarian said, Washington no longer needs an alternative to this document.
Former US Senator in the name Don’t trust the USA anymore if it doesn’t help Ukraine.