He denied the Republicans' accusations of providing aid to Ukraine against “blank checks.”
President of the USA Joe Biden said on Wednesday, November 9, that he expects further support for aid to Ukraine after the midterm elections to Congress and is ready to cooperate with Republicans for this. This is reported by “Ukrinform”.
“Our democracy has been tested in recent years, but the American people have spoken and proved once again that democracy is who we are,” the US president emphasized. – Although the press and experts predicted a giant red wave (red is the color of the Republican Party – ed.), it did not happen.”
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< p>Regarding the continuation of continuous US aid to Ukraine, Biden said that he expects a “bipartisan consensus” in both houses of the US Congress.
He also emphasized that the Republicans' claim of a “blank check” in the context of aid to Ukraine is incorrect, because the USA did not promise unlimited support and Washington did not provide some powerful types of weapons, in particular, aircraft. We will remind, the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Kevin McCarthy, said a few weeks ago that if his party takes control of the House of Representatives after the elections, it will not “sign blank checks” for Ukraine.
“By the way, we did not give Ukraine a blank check. There are many things that Ukraine wants, but we have not done, – The Guardian quotes Biden. – For example, I was often asked whether we would provide American planes to guarantee the sky over Ukraine. I said, no, we're not going to do that, we're not going to enter World War III by taking part in Russian aircraft and directly engaging in hostilities. But will we provide them with all reasonable opportunities for protection? Yes”.
Continuing, Biden said that he would be very surprised if the Republicans refused to “fund the legitimate defense and needs of Ukraine”. Reuters
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