The National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator said the United States would continue with Ukraine “to the extent possible” in its fight against Russia.
“We will do everything we can, as we have been doing for 8 months, to make sure the Ukrainian armed forces have what they want on the ground,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CBS Mornings on Wednesday.
“We’re going to stick to that,” he said. You heard the president communicate about that. For as long as it takes. We are committed to it. “
While echoing President Joe Biden’s message that the United States will deploy troops to Ukraine, he said the United States is leading and coordinating foreign efforts to supply more weapons and functions to the country.
He also noted that the United States is the largest contributor of monetary and economic assistance for humanitarian purposes to Ukraine, as well as the largest contributor of security assistance.
The United States has provided about $100 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Kirby noted that monetary for the country has won bipartisan in Congress.
“I think everyone realizes what’s at stake here, which is more than, you know, the city of Kherson or Kharkiv,” he said. “It’s about this concept of sovereignty. And that’s what the security environment in Europe is all about. “look like in the future. “
But House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday reiterated Republicans’ complaints about Ukraine’s monetary supervision, saying the party would not write a “blank check” if it regained control of the House, according to the Associated Press.
Kirby insisted Wednesday that the White House “is not about signing blank checks for Ukraine. “
“This is bipartisan so that Congress continues to make sure that Ukraine can protect itself and its sovereignty,” he said. affected by this war. “
He said Biden’s management would continue to work “hand in hand with Congress going forward” on more money for the country.