No other way to help Ukraine: Sullivan addressed Congress

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (photo: GettyImages)

Jake Sullivan has appealed to Congress to provide funding for Ukraine, according to the White House.

Sullivan told members of Congress that they must fulfill their constitutional obligations and help protect the freedom and independence of Ukraine.

“It’s not like we have a piggy bank where we just keep cash lying around that we can provide to Ukraine. We need the Congress to discharge its constitutional obligation to appropriate and obligate funds that the President can then put to use to send American-made weapons, made by American workers and American states, to Ukraine to help defend the freedom and independence of that country,” Sullivan said.

According to Sullivan, the situation is non-alternative, and therefore Congress must fulfill this obligation for the sake of American security.

“There’s not another avenue to it that — and because of that, I think the Congress, and especially the Speaker, need to stare their responsibility square in the face and then meet that responsibility, meet that obligation to their voters and to the American people and to the American national security interest,” Sullivan said.

Aid from the US to Ukraine

The US plans to allocate over $60 billion in new aid to Ukraine. Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, stated that the new aid for Ukraine includes two important parts.

Additionally, the US Senate has supported a package that provides this new funding for Ukraine.