Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday (12) in an interview with Fox News that the issue of financing his country’s defense against Russia was a “moral” and not a “financial” issue.
US President Joe Biden warned Republicans on Tuesday that they would give Russia a “Christmas present” if they did not provide additional military aid to the Ukrainian president, whose meeting with a key US lawmaker concluded without a commitment to further support. .
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Zelensky traveled to Washington to ask for money to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, but faced a skeptical reception from top Republican lawmakers. Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, did not agree to support Biden’s request to give Ukraine $61.4 billion.
(Produced by Reuters’ Tom Rower)
Source: CNN Brasil
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