"You know, you haven't bowed down, you haven't yielded at all, you continue to fight in a way that is just remarkable, is just remarkable—and we’re not going to walk away from you," Biden told the Ukrainian leader. That's when he followed with:
"I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what’s going to pass, in terms of funding, because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass that had the money from some of our very conservative members who were holding it up, but we got it done."
However, Biden still touted that since finally signing the supplemental in April, there's been a surge in new packages.
"Since then, including today, I've announced six packages of significant funding—today I’m also signing an additional package for $225 million to help you reconstruct the electric grid," he said.
Many of these new packages have focused on delivering badly needed artillery ammo. At the front lines, Russia has been outpacing Ukrainian forces' rate of artillery fire by a rate of 10 to 1, according to war monitors. Ukraine has been fairing poorly, is being pushed back in places like Kharkiv, and is suffering its worst ever manpower shortage and crisis.
But Biden still committed to Zelensky and to Ukraine that: "We’re still in... Completely. Thoroughly."
The day prior, Zelensky in a speech addressing D-Day anniversary commemorations drew parallels with Russia's war in Ukraine: "Allies defended Europe's freedom then, and Ukrainians do so now. Unity prevailed then, and true unity can prevail today."
Biden also struck a similar theme, talking about the "struggle between a dictatorship and freedom" and linking Russia's President Putin with 'tyranny' against the 'free world' - a message also reminiscent of the Cold War.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/leader-free-world-apologizes-zelensky-while-handing-him-another-check
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