US says preparing ‘substantial’ Ukraine aid package in coming weeks
Al Jazeera
Announcement comes as Ukraine pushes to be allowed to use Western-supplied, long-range missiles for strikes in Russia.
The administration of United States President Joe Biden says it is preparing a large aid package for Ukraine in the coming weeks as a debate continues over whether Ukrainian forces should be allowed to use Western-supplied weapons to strike farther inside Russia.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Saturday that Washington is working on a “substantial” round of further assistance for Kyiv and Biden will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this month.
“I do think we need a comprehensive strategy for success in this war, and that is what President Zelenskyy says he is bringing,” Sullivan said in remarks delivered via videolink at the Yalta European Strategy conference in Ukraine’s capital.
“So we are very much looking forward to sitting down and talking that through, and President Biden is eager for that conversation,” he said.
