'It's not cheap. But caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen,' President Joe Biden pleaded with lawmakers earlier on Thursday.
McConnell's backing signals that Biden could successfully secure the tens of billions of dollars he asked for earlier in the day, which would go to supporting Ukraine's military and economy through to September.
"It's not cheap. But caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen," Biden pleaded lawmakers on Thursday. "We either back the Ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the Russians continue their atrocities and aggression in Ukraine every day," the president said.
About $20.4 billion of the package would go to to the military and other security systems, while $8.5 billion would be used as economic assistance, and $3 billion would go to humanitarian aid to help support Ukraine's government, food and energy supply and health care services for the Ukrainian people. Another $500 million is earmarked to support production of U.S. crops experiencing a global shortage because of the conflict.
"Additional funding will also allow use of the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of critical minerals and materials that have been disrupted by Putin's war in Ukraine and that are necessary to make everything from defense systems to automobiles," the White House said.
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