Zelensky stated additionally they mentioned enhancing sanctions stress on Russia, together with in oil and gasoline.
Kyiv:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Tuesday he and U.S. Home of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy mentioned in a cellphone name Ukraine’s want for weapons in addition to rising sanctions stress on Russia.
On Twitter, Zelenskiy stated he thanked McCarthy for bipartisan help in Congress for Ukraine in addition to Ukraine’s protection wants. “Outlined the state of affairs on the entrance & Ukraine’s pressing protection wants in armored automobiles, artillery, air protection & plane,” Zelenskiy’s tweet stated.
He stated additionally they mentioned enhancing sanctions stress on Russia, together with in oil and gasoline.
A spokesman for McCarthy, the highest-ranking Republican in Washington, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
With robust help from each President Joe Biden’s Democrats and McCarthy’s fellow Republicans, Congress has authorized billions of {dollars} of humanitarian, financial and protection help for Ukraine for the reason that Russian invasion started in February 2022, together with a $45 billion help bundle authorized in December.
Nonetheless, some hard-right Republicans have questioned the help, saying federal funds must be spent on home wants or dedicated to competitors with rising energy China.
McCarthy’s place has been that he backs Ukraine however Home Republicans, who took management of the chamber in January, won’t present “a clean test” for U.S. help to Kyiv.
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