President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States will spend an additional $1.3 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine as it fights off the Russian invasion. Biden also added that he will be requesting more money from Congress to continue future financial assistance to Ukraine.
The renewed support from U.S. taxpayers comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the battle for Mariupol Thursday, though Ukrainian officials have denied this and Biden says it is “questionable” whether or not Putin’s victory in the Ukrainian city is complete.
As a new phase of fighting is expected to be concentrated in Ukraine’s Eastern Donbas region, Biden maintains that Putin will never succeed in occupying or dominating Ukraine.
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