White House says US ‘can and will’ deliver more aid to Ukraine
President Joe Biden’s administration was confident the US Congress would approve new funding for Ukraine in its war with Russia, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday.
“We believe we still can and will deliver aid for Ukraine,” Sullivan told reporters during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
A bipartisan Senate bill aimed at enhancing border security and providing aid to Ukraine and Israel looked doomed to fail on Wednesday after it faced opposition from Republicans influenced by former president Donald Trump.
“There is no alternative to the United States stepping up to the plate and providing a level of resources that allow Ukraine to have the artillery, the air defense systems, and the other capabilities they need,” Sullivan said in Brussels.
Stoltenberg said he counted on “all allies to sustain their commitment” to Ukraine.
“It is vital that the United States Congress agrees on continued support for Ukraine in the near future,” he said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to address the same issue in talks with Congressional leaders and Joe Biden in Washington later this week.
Kremlin confirms Tucker Carlson interview with Putin
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday.
Putin has heavily limited his contact with Western media since the start of the invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they decided to grant the interview to Carlson because “he has an attitude that is different from the others.”
“It is in no way pro-Russian, it is not pro-Ukrainian, it is most likely pro-American,” Peskov asserted.
He rejected Carlson’s suggestion that no Western journalists had “bothered” to interview Putin since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite repeatedly interviewing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“We receive many requests for an interview with the president,” Peskov said.
The interview would likely be aired on Thursday on Carlson’s website and on social media, with Carlson particularly active on X, formerly Twitter.
After more than a decade on air, Carlson was fired by US broadcaster FOX News last year.
He hosted a show where, among other things, he discussed conspiracy theories about Russia and the January 6 Capitol riot.
Source: DW
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