Sullivan meets with Zelensky in Kyiv to announce $400M in military assistance - The Hill

White House nationalist information advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Kyiv connected Friday to conscionable with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and denote a caller $400 cardinal subject assistance bundle the United States is sending amid the Russian invasion.

The caller information assistance bundle includes refurbished T-72 tanks, which is the archetypal clip the U.S. is sending tanks to Ukraine, arsenic good arsenic unmanned aerial vehicles and the refurbishment of 250 HAWK aboveground to aerial missiles for eventual transportation to Ukraine, according to the White House.

Sullivan visited with Zelensky to “underscore the United States’ steadfast enactment to Ukraine and its radical arsenic they support their sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the White House said. “He besides affirmed the continued proviso of economical and humanitarian assistance, arsenic good arsenic ongoing efforts with partners to clasp Russia accountable for its aggression.”

Along with Zelensky, Sullivan met with Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, Minister of Defense Reznikov, and others.

Earlier this week, Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) also traveled to Kyiv to conscionable with Zelensky to reenforce bipartisan enactment up of midterm elections.

Their sojourn came amid interest that some Republicans and Democrats are fracturing implicit American enactment to Ukraine aft definite lawmakers successful some parties person accrued their disapproval of the billions successful subject and economical enactment the U.S. has sent.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) precocious said that a GOP-controlled House would not constitute a “blank check” for Ukraine, and progressive House Democrats past period released and past withdrew a missive calling for Biden to prioritize negotiations betwixt Russia and Ukraine.

The U.S. has provided much than $18 cardinal successful information assistance and $1.5 cardinal successful humanitarian and economical assistance to Ukraine since the Russian penetration began successful February.