Blinken urged Congress to allocate additional funds for Ukraine

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. File photoWASHINGTON, May 10 Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said they need additional funds by May 19 to continue military assistance to Ukraine at the «current pace.» They sent a letter to the Republican opposition leader in Senate Mitch McConnell urging no obstruction of the President's request for new appropriations. May 19, 2022. By this date, we need additional appropriations… to continue our security assistance at the current pace,» the message says. The day before, US President Joe Biden called on Congress to immediately approve his $33 billion proposal in the coming days, the corresponding bill was submitted to him for signature. The online edition of Axios write No, congressional leaders have agreed to increase Biden's requested amount to $39.8 billion and put it to a vote as early as Tuesday. This became possible after the Democrats refused to link aid to Ukraine, which is unacceptable to some Republicans, with $ 10 billion in allocations for the fight against coronavirus, the publication says. » />Zelensky said that Kyiv handed over the second part of the questionnaire on EU membership