Biden asking Congress for another $24 bln for Ukraine before completing his tenure

09:31, 27.11.2024 1 min read

U.S. President Joseph Biden has called on Congress to allocate an additional $24 billion to strengthen military support for Ukraine, the New York Post reports.

According to the publication, the White House Office of Management and Budget suggested that Congress could fold the renewed aid into its solution to avert a government shutdown next month.

Of the total amount of $24 billion, $8 billion is envisaged for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to fund U.S. company contracts to arm Kyiv and $16 billion to refill U.S. weaponry stock, per the report.

Already, some Republicans cried foul over the reported ask.

“Biden just gave away $4.7 billion in your taxpayer dollars by unilaterally ‘forgiving’ loans to Ukraine. Congress must not give him a free gift to further sabotage President Trump’s peace negotiations on the way out the door. Any Biden funding demands should be DOA,” Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) posted on X.