© Reuters. U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH), French Hill (R-AR), Jason Crow (D-CO) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) attend a joint information briefing, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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By Max Hunder
KYIV (Reuters) – A bipartisan delegation of U.S. Congress members got here to Kyiv on Friday to satisfy with Ukraine’s president as they sought to provide assurances they’d do their half to get essential, stalled navy help laws by the Home of Representatives.
The delegation consisted of 4 members of the Home Intelligence Committee: Republicans Mike Turner and French Hill, together with Democrats Jason Crow and Abigail Spanberger.
“The USA is working diligently within the Home of Representatives and the Senate to safe the funding that’s crucial in 2024,” Turner instructed journalists at a press convention earlier than the delegation left to satisfy President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The U.S. has been Ukraine’s largest provider of navy help as Kyiv fights off Russia’s practically two-year-old invasion, however that assistance is now on maintain whereas Congress wrangles over a invoice offering help to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The $95.34 billion invoice superior within the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked earlier compromise laws.
“It is delayed this 12 months throughout the course of not solely a presidential election 12 months, but in addition controversies within the Home about politics,” Hill mentioned.
The lawmakers additionally met with officers from the SBU and GUR intelligence companies, the U.S. ambassador to Kyiv mentioned.
“We stand with Ukraine not simply because we perceive that defending freedom and democracy all over the world is an American worth, however we stand with Ukraine as a result of it is also in America’s pursuits to take action,” mentioned Crow.
