US President Biden will speak today a statement in support of Ukrainians defending their country and their freedom from the brutal war of Russia , “a White House spokesman told The Hill.
In addition, Biden announced last week that The United States will send Ukraine a second $ 800 million military aid package in a week.
It will also be recalled that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin went to Kyiv last weekend to meet with Ukrainian officials. , including President Volodymyr Zelensky.
They promised to continue to support Ukraine, and Austin said the United States wants to “see that Russia is weakened so much that it cannot do what it did when it invaded Ukraine. ”
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has claimed the lives of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and forced 5.3 million refugees to flee the country, with many others unable to safely leave war-torn areas.