White House asks Congress for additional $24bn in Ukraine aid

Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, which administers the federal budget, said supplemental funds are necessary to support Ukraine and other vulnerable groups affected by the war. Photograph: Julia Nikhinson/EPA

The White House is asking Congress for an additional $24bn in Ukraine aid “and other international needs” such as countering China, including $13.1bn for defense, senior administration officials revealed on Thursday.

The US has so far given Ukraine more than $113bn in aid since Russia invaded in February 2021, making it Ukraine’s biggest funder in its defense against Russia.