RIGHT NOW: President Joe Biden is set to deliver his own address Wednesday following Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for help to Congress earlier in the day.
Biden, who has resisted Zelenskyy's requests to send warplanes to Ukraine fearing escalating the war with Russia, announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine.Biden said Wednesday this aid includes the direct transfers of equipment from the Department of Defense to the Ukrainian military to help the continued fight against the Russian invation.
Already the Biden administration has sent Ukraine more than 600 Stinger missiles, 2,600 Javelin anti-armor systems, unmanned aerial system tracking radars; grenade launchers, 200 shotguns, 200 machine guns and nearly 40 million rounds of small arms ammunition, along with helicopters, patrol boats, satellite imagery and body armor, helmets, and other tactical gear, a White House official said earlier.
Congress has already approved $13.6 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, and the newly announced security aid will come from that allotment, which is part of a broader bill that Biden signed into law Tuesday., which include financial attacks. The sanctions are a substitute for direct military action against Russia by the U.S. and its allies. Biden has repeatedly said there will be no U.S. troops on the ground, even as weapons and materiel are provided to Ukraine.
"We’re crippling Putin’s economy with punishing sanctions that’s only going to grow more painful over time with the entire NATO and EU behind us, and many other countries," Biden said.
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