President Biden announced the U.S. will send $1 billion in humanitarian aid, on top of the $2 billion in aid his administration has provided since he came into office.
President Biden said Thursday at a press conference in Brussels that NATO is united amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Mr. Biden's comments came only hours after an emotional plea by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who told NATO leaders that if there isn't more invention from Europe, the Russian invasion will spread to Poland, a NATO country. Zelenskyy asked that the alliance provide"effective and unrestricted" support to Ukraine, including any weapons the country needs to fend off the Russian onslaught.
"We have a responsibility to prevent this conflict from becoming a full-fledged war in Europe involving not only Ukraine and Russia but NATO allies and Russia," Stoltenberg said."That would be more dangerous and more devastating."to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria — Mr. Biden said in a statement that their deployment"is a strong signal that we will collectively defend and protect every inch of NATO territory.
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