The speaker commented on the words of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who expressed confidence in the support of Ukraine from the United States.
“We (the executive branch) absolutely support Ukraine. We are absolutely prepared to support additional funding for Ukraine. We have one package left that we can provide to Ukraine this year, and after that we will exhaust our options for providing additional security assistance, so I I think this is a question for the US Congress,” he said.
Miller stressed that Congress must make a decision on Ukraine before the end of the year, since a difficult winter period lies ahead.
“We want it (the US President’s request – ed.) to be passed by the end of this year. That remains our goal and our priority. Congress will have to decide whether they are going to support Ukraine and provide the funding necessary to counter the Russian invasion because we are entering a winter that we expect will be very difficult, or they are not planning to do so,” the speaker said.
According to Miller, President Joe Biden’s administration does not have an alternative plan to provide assistance to Ukraine. He stressed that funding sources will dry up over the next few weeks, so “we need Congress to act.”
What Zelensky said
On December 19, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky gave a large press conference at which he commented on the issues of financing assistance to Ukraine from the United States. The head of state expressed confidence that the United States will not betray Ukraine, and assistance funding will be accepted.
“As for financial assistance. We are working very hard on this. I am sure that the United States will not betray us and what we agreed on in the United States will be implemented in full,” Zelensky said.
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