Mr. Biden asked the US Congress to provide an additional 33 billion USD for Ukraine

A large portion of the $33 billion package is earmarked for military aid and additional security, while the remainder will be used for economic and humanitarian assistance.

“The administration is requesting $20.4 billion in additional military and security assistance to Ukraine and to US efforts to strengthen European security, in cooperation with NATO allies and other partners in the region. region,” the White House said in a statement.

Revealing the funding package in a speech at the White House on April 28, President Biden said that lawmakers’ approval was “very important”. “We need the bill to support Ukraine and its fight for freedom,” Biden said, admitting the price was not cheap.

According to RT, the US government wants the aid package to be considered an emergency expenditure so that it does not have to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. In addition to the huge aid package for Ukraine, Mr. Biden is also seeking to punish wealthy Russians whom the US administration considers “oligarchs”.

“I am also sending Congress a comprehensive package to enhance our efforts to sanction Russian oligarchs and ensure that we seize their illicit funds. We will confiscate those funds, we will confiscate their yachts, their homes,” Biden said.

If approved, US authorities will be able to “streamline the process of seizing oligarchs’ assets” to sell these assets and transfer the proceeds to Ukraine.

The United States alone has provided more than $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the conflict began in late February. Washington’s allies have also poured economic and military aid to Kiev. Several Western officials – including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the country’s top diplomat EU Josep Borrell – openly stated that they wanted Ukraine to defeat Russia on the battlefield.

Russia has repeatedly warned the West against increasing aid to Kiev, saying this would only prolong the ongoing conflict and cause further damage to Ukraine and its people.

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine at the end of February, after accusing Kiev of failing to fulfill the terms of the Minsk agreement, first signed in 2014 and eventually Moscow’s recognition of the the self-proclaimed Donbass republics Donetsk and Lugansk. The Minsk agreement brokered by Germany and France was designed to give the breakaway regions special status in Ukraine.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country and will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev asserts the attack of Russia is completely gratuitous and refute claims that there are plans to retake the two republics in Donbass by force.