The White House urges members of Congress not to delay a decision on aid to Ukraine.
United Nations Military aid cannot be provided to Ukraine until Congress decides on additional funding.
about this Said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby at a briefing on Wednesday, January 3.
To a journalist's question about whether military support for Ukraine will stop after the last package is used.
“They have to stop. The president signed the last security assistance package. That's what we had the authority to do. We need more legislation to provide more aid to Ukraine,” Kirby said.
In addition, Kirby explained that there is a certain delay of several days or weeks between the announcement of the supply and the delivery of weapons to Ukraine, so the last military aid will reach Ukraine some time later.
“But after that, in the absence of additional funding, there's no other magic pot to pull something from,” the White House official added.
It should be noted that on December 27, the United States announced a new package of $250 million in military aid to Ukraine.
It is worth recalling that earlier, the head of the diplomatic corps of the European Union, Joseph Borrell, said that Ukraine should acquire long-range missiles. and strengthen its own power in response to brazen Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Also, we have reported this earlier Slovakia's president calls for handing over arms to Ukraine
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