Biden Vows Fix After US Drops Ukraine Aid to Avert Shutdown
- Stopgap funds government until Nov. 17 but lacks aid for Kyiv
- EU’s Borrell says he’s counting on Biden to ensure US support
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President Joe Biden urged House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to follow up quickly with funding for Ukraine hours after Congress passed a spending bill without it to avoid a US government shutdown.
The omission comes at a critical stage for Kyiv as it steps up efforts to repel Russia’s invasion and shows how domestic political debate in Washington is starting to affect support for Ukraine. Less than two weeks ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Washington to plead for new weapons systems and urged allies to keep up their financial and military support for Kyiv.