U.S. President Joe Biden says shortly after hosting a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he is "hopeful" a congressional impasse can be resolved to allow more aid to be sent to help the war-torn nation in its fight against Russia.
Ukraine's top diplomat said on Monday Washington's support for Kyiv was not weakening, and played down the significance of a stopgap funding bill passed by US Congress that omitted aid to Ukraine.
Ukraine and the United States have agreed to launch joint weapons production in a step that will enable Kyiv to start producing air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday as he wrapped up a visit to the U.S.