After the interim budget was approved, US President Joe Biden assured Ukraine of continued support. New aid is not included in the budget, but still needs to be approved. Biden has already made a deal on this with the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.
“I want to assure our American allies, the American people and the Ukrainian people that they can count on our support and that we will not retreat,” Biden, a Democrat, said on Sunday. “We have time, not a lot of time, and there is an overwhelming sense of urgency. Look at me. We can handle it,” the president said confidently.
It remains to be seen whether the McCarthy deal can be trusted. In any case, Biden himself does not want to believe that American representatives are “letting more people die unnecessarily in Ukraine for purely political reasons.” As reported, Congress passed an interim budget on Saturday until mid-November. The agreement contains no further support for Ukraine. But the American support will not stop immediately.
The EU has paid €85 billion so far
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also hopes the US government will continue to support the Ukrainian government. “I am hopeful that this is not the final decision and that the US will continue to support Ukraine,” he said on Sunday about the interim budget. The EU itself has so far provided military aid worth EUR 25 billion. If humanitarian, economic and financial aid are included, it amounts to 85 billion euros.
Borrell traveled to Ukraine
This assistance is always independent of the situation at the front. “Our support for Ukraine does not depend on how the war will play out in the coming days or weeks.” It concerns “long-term and structural” help against an existential threat. Borrell came to Ukraine on Saturday and first visited the port city of Odessa on the Black Sea.
The trip was not announced for security reasons and there was initially no information about the rest of the program. Almost two weeks ago, the Spaniard announced that he would soon organize a meeting of the foreign ministers of the 27 EU countries in Kiev. This could include longer-term financing commitments for Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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