WATCH LIVE: The president is set to speak on additional financial aid from Congress to support Ukraine's war against Russia
A week after announcing $800 million in military assistance and $500 in economic aid, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass additional funding to support Ukraine.
“The cost of this fight is not cheap but caving into this aggression is more costly," Biden said in an address Thursday. White House press secretary told reporters Wednesday that Biden will send a formal request to Congress by the end of the week. Psaki added that the funding would be enough to support Ukraine through the end of the year.
“It will include, as our past packages have included, security or military assistance, humanitarian, economic assistance, given those, in our view, will help address a range of the needs the Ukrainians have,” she said.The funding request comes after two members of the Biden cabinet — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin — visited Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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