this trip? well, i think it was an invitation from president biden who said why don t you come over and do this, so i think he felt that it was important to accept that invitation. as i said, he recognizes that the support of the united states is critical for ukraine s ability to continue to get its territory back. john: mr. ambassador, i ve been going over the list in this 1.85 billion in additional security assistance for ukraine, and what we are prepared to give them. we are going to give them howitzers, m rap vehicles, more javelins, more stingers, but nowhere are the sophisticated weapons that zelenskyy says he needs to actually win the war against russia, and that s the attack ems long range artillery missiles, reaper drones, he s going to get scan drones, why
but the fact that a democratic committee is releasing these records gives some people the idea of politics. certainly. sandra: john, fox news alert as we anticipate president zelenskyy of ukraine s arrival at the white house. the shot is up, he s about a minute out from arriving there. he will meet with president biden before he and the president hold a press conference at the white house and then of course, john, this will culminate in an joint session of congress and address to the joint session of congress this evening. john: you are seeing the south portico, the red carpet out on the south lawn of the white house. visit coincides with getting the details of the latest package of aid to ukraine, $1.85 billion, which does include one patriot air defense battery and the munitions to go with it. also includes 8500 javelin anti-tank systems, 1600 stinger
i want to thank the members of congress for their broad bipartisan support to ukraine. i look forward to signing the omnibus bill soon which includes $45 billion, $45 billion in additional funding for ukraine. i ll also sign into law the national defense authorization act, which includes authorities to make it easier for the department of defense to procure critical munitions and defense materials for ukraine and other key materials to strengthen our national security. today i m announcing the next tranche of our security assistance to ukraine. 1.85 billion security package that includes direct transfers of equipment that ukraine needs and contracts to supply ammunition that ukraine will need for artillery, tanks and rocket launches.
want to thank the members of congress for the broad bipartisan support to ukraine. and i look forward to signing the omnibus bill soon, which includes $45 billion in additionalfunding for soon, which includes $45 billion in additional funding for ukraine. soon, which includes $45 billion in additionalfunding for ukraine. i will also sign into law the national defence authorisation act, which includes authorities to make it easier for the department of defence to procure critical munitions and defence materials for ukraine, other key materials to strengthen our national security. today i m announcing the next tranche of our assistance to ukraine, 1.85 billion package of security assistance that includes both direct transference of equipment to ukraine as well as contracts to supply ammunition ukraine will need in the months ahead for its artillery, tanks and its rocket launchers. critically, in
new package of $1.85 billion in security assistance to ukraine, which includes a patriot missile battery. it s the most significant aid transfer the u.s. has made since the beginning of the war, which fulfill as request from kyiv and gives them new strength to defend their cities. today john kirby said the conditions on the ground have really shifted as winter has set in. putin s increasingly relied on ballistic missile and cruise missiles and drones. the u.s. being careful not to frame this patriot system as any kind of an escalation. we re certainly not encouraging attacks inside russia. we re not encouraging attacks outside of ukraine. we don t believe that an escalation beyond what is already been an escalated conflict in terms of what he, putin, is doing against civilian targets. the cell lin said moscow will