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About $8 million more of drawdown authority, to take stuff from our stocks and give it to the ukrainians, which we're doing every single day. that's great. but it'll largely depend on their consumption rate. how fast are they going through this? if this becomes a prolonged conflict, yes, we want to make sure we're prepared to help. >> ukraine is proposing to release russian prisoners in exchange for the evacuation of wounded soldiers inside the steel plant in mariupol. the country's deputy prime minister yesterday said negotiations are under way to allow the seriously injured fighters to leave...

Are talking about $4 billion, so huge amounts of money, and it is worth pointing out that there is only so far president biden can go in terms of authorising all of this money. so he is reaching a point where he will exhaust this drawdown authority that he as president gets, which is where congress allows him to spend this much money. if he wants more, which he has said that he does, he wants more weapons, more ammunition, as i said, to keep flowing into ukraine, he will need to get approval from congress, which she will ask for next week. the republicans, the opposition, want him to be way mo...

Ukraine is able to stop russia thus far. every american taxpayer and every member of our armed forces can be proud of the fact that our country's generosity and the skill and service of our military helped arm and repel russia's aggression in ukraine. to beat back putin's savagery as it tried to seize ukraine's capital. the battle of kyiv was a historic victory for the ukrainians. it was a victory for freedom, won by the ukrainian people with unprecedented assistance by the united states and our allies and our partners. now we have to accelerate that assistance package to help prepare ukraine ...

Disbursement i've almost exhausted the drawdown authority that congress authorized last month. in order to sustain ukraine for the duration of this fight, next week i'm going to have to send to congress a supplemental budget request to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption to the brave ukrainian fighters who continue to deliver economic assistance to the ukrainian people. my hope is and my expectation is congress would move and act quickly. i want to thank the congress, democrats and republicans for the support for the people of ukraine. our unity at home, our unity with our...

In terms of the package, it's similar to the money announced last week for assistance. these are weapons needed to fight this particular war that's going on on the eastern front. different weapons needed because the terrain is flat or there. is flatter there. if we look at how much money in total america spent since the war began, its just gone over $3 billion. in terms of how much money has been spent in helping ukraine since biden came into office, it's about $4 billion. huge amounts of money. it's worth pointing out that president biden, there's only so far he can go in terms of authorising...