“You are the man of the year,” Biden told Zelensky, to whom he also promised that Washington will continue to provide military aid to Ukraine so that it can defend itself against Russia and explained that, as his government had announced a few hours earlier , The United States will deliver the Patriot air defense system to Ukrainian troops for the first time.
For his part, Zelensky called the ad “a very important step in creating a safe airspace for Ukraine and the only way to stop the terrorist country from attacking our energy sector, our people and our infrastructure”. The Ukrainian president assured that you wish you had come soonerbut could not do so due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, which the United States helped to at least partially quell.
Before Zelensky’s arrival, the United States announced an additional $1.85 billion in previously budgeted funds for Ukraine, including the advanced Patriot air defense system for the first time. In parallel with this aid, the US Congress plans to pass it in the next few hours another $45 billion in economic and military aid to Ukraineas part of its $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 budget.
