Biden announces $800 million in military aid for Ukraine.
President Biden said on Wednesday that the United States would send $800 million in additional military assistance to Ukraine, shortly after the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, delivered an impassioned virtual address to Congress in which he appealed for more help in staving off Russia’s invasion.
Mr. Biden said that the Russian invasion was producing “appalling devastation and horror” in that country.
“The American people are answering President Zelensky’s call for more help, for more weapons for Ukraine,” he said.
But Mr. Biden stopped well short of responding to the more direct military intervention that Mr. Zelensky has repeatedly requested, including for the United States and NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.