State Department and White House: The US will send aid to Ukraine before the end of Biden's term

AUTHOR: M.J. GDNUS
The US intends to do everything in its power to send all the aid allocated to Ukraine before the end of President Joseph Biden's administration, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters today.
At the same time, the White House announced that the US will continue to send aid to Ukraine ahead of the transfer of power from Biden to the newly elected President Donald Trump in January, Reuters reported.
"That won't change. We will step up and send (aid) to Ukraine. We understand how important it is to make sure they have what they need," White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre told reporters.
The White House plans to rush billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine under President Joseph Biden, who is leaving office in January, Reuters reported.
As unnamed officials told the agency, there is a rush to send aid to Ukraine in order to strengthen the government in Kiev before Trump's inauguration on January 20.
Trump has criticized Biden's aid to Ukraine, raising concerns about the future of US support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when Republicans control the White House, the Senate and possibly the House of Representatives.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last approved aid to Ukraine in April, including authorizing Biden to transfer billions of dollars in weapons from US stockpiles to Ukraine, eight months after Biden first asked for more aid, with support from more Democrats than Republicans.
Of the arms transfer authorization adopted in April, $4.3 billion remains to be realized, in addition to $2.8 billion worth of transfers approved in previous spending measures, and $2 billion to finance the purchase of new weapons.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While running for a second four-year term, Trump insisted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would never have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if he had been in office, adding that he "could have solved it in 24 hours."
Trump said last year that Kiev may have to cede territory to reach a peace agreement with Russia, which Ukraine rejected as a hint and which Biden, as US president, never suggested, according to Reuters.
Newly elected Vice President Jay D. Vance is a vocal critic of aid to Ukraine, arguing that the government would better spend the funds on domestic priorities.