Joe Biden has given his starkest warning yet that Republicans are playing directly into the hands of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, by threatening to end military aid to Ukraine.
“Russian loyalists in Moscow celebrated when Republicans voted to block Ukraine’s aid last week,” the US president said at a joint press conference with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Washington on Tuesday. “The host of a Kremlin-run show said: ‘Well done Republicans, that’s good for us.’”
