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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Ukraine and the U.S. government are “working on a bilateral security agreement” that would force Washington to provide Ukraine with military, economic, and political support for the next decade.
InastatementissuedonSunday,ZelenskysaidthatheandPresidentJoeBidenareintalkstosecureadealthatwouldgiveUkraineU.S.taxpayerfundsforthenexttenyearsasitslong-windedwarwithRussiacontinues.
HeclaimedthemoneyisneededtoequipUkrainewiththe“efficiencyinassistance”itneedstotackletherecentwaradvancesbyRussianforces.
“Weareworkingtocommittopaperconcretelevelsofsupportforthisyearandthenexttenyears,” Zelenskysaid. “Itwillincludemilitary,financial,andpoliticalsupport,aswellaswhatconcernsjointproductionofweapons.”
TheUkrainianpresidentthankedHouseMinorityLeaderHakeemJeffries(D-NY)for“himandallthecongressmenfortheirsupport”afterCongressapproveda$61billionaidpackageforthecountryaftermorethansixmonthsofpartisanfeuding.
Heinsistedthatthereasonheneedsalong-term
