Biden ‘rushing’ billions in aid to Ukraine as Trump win fuels uncertainty
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Zelenskyy was among the first leaders to congratulate Trump, who has criticised the scale of US support for Ukraine.
United States President Joe Biden plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before he leaves office in January, reports say, hoping to shore up the government in Kyiv before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Trump, who won Tuesday’s election, has criticised the scale of US military and financial support for Ukraine and has pledged to end the war with Russia quickly – without saying how.
His position on Ukraine has raised concerns about the future of Washington’s support for Ukraine’s war with Russia under a Republican-controlled White House, Senate and possibly the House of Representatives.
“The administration plans to push forward … to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible,” a senior Biden administration official told the Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity in a report published on Thursday. Biden’s plans for the transfers were first reported by Politico.
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