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Biden seeks huge $33 billion funding to support Ukraine
Alles anzeigenBiden asks Congress for $33 billion to support Ukraine through September
President Joe Biden has formally asked Congress for $33 billion to fund both humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine through September of this year.
“It’s not cheap. But caving to aggression is going to be more costly,” Biden said Thursday.
Biden also sent Congress a proposal to change current laws to make it a crime to possess proceeds directly obtained from corrupt dealings with the Russian government. This change is key to giving U.S. officials the legal basis to sell the seized assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine as war enters new phase
(CNN)President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress for a $33 billion supplemental funding bill aimed at supporting Ukraine over the next several months as Russia's brutal and unrelenting war enters a new phase.
In another significant request, Biden outlined a proposal that would further pressure Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine, including using money from their seized assets to fund Ukraine's defense.
The size and scope of the President's latest proposed package comes as his administration prepares to provide long-term support to Ukraine as Russia's invasion of the nation stretches into its third month. The package is significantly larger than the other packages that have been put forward, and is more than twice as much as the $13.6 billion infusion of military and humanitarian aid that Congress approved last month.
Im Umkehrschluss bedeutet das aber auch, ohne Hilfe würden die Ukrainer nicht mehr viel schaffen, in deren Einschätzung.