President Joe Biden has invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Tuesday. The meeting is coming up after the administration warned it will run out of money for Ukraine aid in weeks unless feuding US lawmakers act. The two leaders “will discuss Ukraine’s urgent needs” as it fights off a Russian invasion, and “the vital importance of the United States’ continued support at this critical moment,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Sunday. “This cannot wait,” Biden said in an impassioned, televised address at the White House on Wednesday. The funding row underscores signs that Western support for Ukraine is fraying just as Kyiv’s counteroffensive falters and Putin’s forces push for new gains.

Source: Punch December 10, 2023 23:22 UTC