

Ukraine says that they have foiled several recent assassination attempts. War criminal Putin has got assassination teams in Ukraine seeking to do in Zelensky. Brad Sherman said.A bit more background in case anyone is not familiar: to compensate by giving more advanced planes to those two NATO allies," Rep. to allow Poland and Romania to transfer Soviet era jets to #Ukraine, and for the U.S. "Given the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, I anticipate that additional needs may arise over time," Shalanda Young, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a letter to lawmakers quoted in a report by The Washington Post.ĭuring Saturday's call for help, Zelensky's main ask could be summarized as "close the skies or give us planes," according to The Washington Post coverage of. This week the Biden administration did request $32.5 billion in Ukraine aid. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. "And I will do all I can to help the administration to facilitate their transfer," Schumer said in response to Zelensky's request. Related: Biden promises punishing sanctions on Russia, stops short of PutinĪfter the call ended, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer brought to CNN's attention that Zelensky "made a desperate plea for Eastern European countries to provide Russian-made planes to Ukraine. "If you had started sanctions months ago, there would not have been war," Zelensky said during Saturday's meeting. During an hour-long call with more than 300 members of Congress conducted over Zoom on Saturday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an impassioned case for increased military assistance from the United States.ĭuring the call Zelensky was thankful for the assistance Ukraine has received from the United States so far, but followed up with a plead for more in the way of the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine to slow the Russian push against their country that has been pummeling them for a week.
