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Biden wants to help Ukraine before leaving office.
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Jake Sullivan told ABC News that Biden aims to help Ukraine “strengthen” its position.
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President-elect Trump has been skeptical about the level of US aid sent to Ukraine.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said President Joe Biden is doing what he can to “strengthen” Ukraine’s position as the president prepares to leave office in just two months.
Sullivan made the comments on ABC’s “This Week,” telling Washington’s top reporter Jonathan Karl that Mr. Biden intends to continue to advance his foreign policy goals — which include ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas — even as President Donald Trump is expected to be. they vowed to return to power on January 20.
“We will do everything we can in these 50 days to get Ukraine all the tools we can to strengthen their position on the battlefield so they can be stronger at the negotiating table,” said Sullivan. “And President Biden directed me to oversee a major operation of military equipment that we’re sending to Ukraine so that we spent every dollar that Congress gave us by the time President Biden left.”
Last month, Biden highlighted Ukraine’s use of powerful US-issued ATACMS long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
Mr. Trump has expressed complaints about the amount of aid sent to Ukraine, which puts him at odds with Mr. Biden, who has been supporting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the country continues to attack Russia.
“I have encouraged the Ukrainian team to make the team that is coming together with all our partners and partners, because, again, on January 21, the war in Ukraine will not end,” Sullivan told Karl. “Obviously, the new team will have its own direction, its own style, and I can’t talk about that, but what I can do is make sure that we put Ukraine in the best position when we take the baton off.”
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