President Biden announces $800M in aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden delivered his own address Wednesday following Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for help to Congress earlier in the day.

Biden, who has resisted Zelenskyy's requests to send warplanes to Ukraine fearing escalating the war with Russia, announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine.

The additional $800 million brings the total announced in the last week alone to $1 billion, and a total of $2 billion since Biden took office more than a year ago.

Biden said Wednesday the aid includes the direct transfers of equipment from the Department of Defense to the Ukrainian military to help the continued fight against the Russian invasion.

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