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Zelensky Thanks U.S. For Aiding Ukraine vs Russia
- By The Financial District
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min read
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering US legislators during a wartime visit on Wednesday (Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Manila) that against all odds his country still stands, thanking Americans for helping to fund the war effort with money that is “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, and E. Eduardo Castillo reported for the Associated Press (AP).
Photo Insert: The whirlwind stop in Washington — Zelensky's first known trip outside his country since Russia invaded in February — was aimed at reinvigorating support for his country in the US and around the world.
The whirlwind stop in Washington — his first known trip outside his country since Russia invaded in February — was aimed at reinvigorating support for his country in the US and around the world.
Zelenskyy called the tens of billions of dollars in US military and economic assistance vital to Ukraine’s efforts to beat back Russia and appealed for even more in the future. “Your money is not charity,” he sought to reassure both those in the room and those watching at home.
“It’s an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way.”
Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden of The Independent said the US announced a new $1.8 billion military aid package, including Patriot surface-to-air missiles, precision bombs and millions of artillery rounds and small arms ammunition.
Both The New York Times and Reuters reported that the fresh spending package that includes about $45 billion in additional emergency assistance to Ukraine represents about half of the total of $90 billion in military assistance and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The speech to Congress came after President Joe Biden hosted Zelenskyy in the Oval Office for strategy consultations, saying the US and Ukraine would maintain their “united defense” as Russia wages a “brutal assault on Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation.”
Biden pledged to help bring about a “just peace.” Indeed, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Minsk to try to cement an alliance with Belarus and open a new front against Ukraine.
