US aid to Ukraine cannot resume without Congress's decision, Biden says
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The United States will be unable to resume aid to Ukraine unless Congress allocates funds for it, according to the US budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year presented by President Joe Biden.
In the budget, the head of the American state reiterated his call to immediately allocate funds for assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
Biden reminded that he requested $92 billion from Congress last year for national security needs, which included funds for Ukraine. The request would also allow for significant investments in the American defense industrial base, helping to create and preserve jobs in dozens of states across America.
"Absent congressional action on this emergency request, the United States will not be able to continue to provide support to Ukraine to meet their battlefield needs as they defend against Russian attacks every day, provide urgently needed military support to allies and partners, make critical DIB investments, or sustain life-saving assistance and development in some of the world’s most vulnerable areas," the president emphasized.
According to him, the budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year cannot address the critical support problem for Ukraine, which requires a decision by Congress.
US assistance to Ukraine
The United States has not provided military and financial assistance to Ukraine for several months. This is because Congress has not allocated funds for this purpose.
The US Senate passed a bill providing $95 billion in assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
This initiative faced resistance in the House of Representatives. House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to bring the bill to a vote because he wants assistance to Ukraine to be tied to funding for border protection against migrants.
It has recently become known that House Republicans are developing an alternative bill, but it only provides about $60 billion for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
