DNIPRO, Ukraine — As Russia ramped up attacks on Ukraine’s eastern front and threatened to cut off energy to more European countries, the Biden administration announced Thursday it was seeking a massive aid package for Ukraine while expanding its economic targeting of Russian oligarchs.
President Joe Biden said he wanted $30 billion in aid for Ukraine over the next five months that would include heavy weaponry, food, medicine and other humanitarian assistance. This comes on top of $3.4 billion in military equipment and training already spent. Biden also asked Congress to make it easier to take assets seized from Russian oligarchs who back the Kremlin and use them to help Ukraine.
“The cost of this fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is more costly,” Biden said.
