The White House announced that U.S. President Joe Biden had a conversation with the leaders of allied countries, the European Union, and the NATO military alliance to discuss their continued coordinated support for Ukraine.
The call involved the leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Britain, and France, as well as the heads of NATO, the European Commission, and the European Council, according to a statement from the White House.
The White House mentioned that a readout of the call would be released.
Concerns about the diminishing support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia prompted Biden to convene the call. This is particularly relevant in the United States, where Congress excluded aid to Ukraine from an emergency bill aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown.
The exclusion of aid from the U.S. spending bill has caused officials in Washington who are supportive of Kyiv to search for alternative ways to secure approval for additional assistance. So far, the United States has already provided $113 billion in security, economic, and humanitarian aid since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington and Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; editing by Rami Ayyub
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