Media: The United States may combine requests for assistance to Ukraine and Israel

The White House and a number of US Congress lawmakers are considering the possibility of combining requests for additional funding for Ukraine and for providing assistance to Israel. About it writes NBC News cited administration and congressional sources.

It is alleged that legislators who support further aid to Kyiv hope to overcome the opposition of some Republicans in the House and Senate on this issue. The Republican senator told NBC he expects aid to Israel and Ukraine to be linked in a future spending bill.

According to an unnamed US administration official, the White House is still assessing the feasibility of combining aid to Ukraine and Israel. He added that the final decision on this issue will still be made by Congress.

Previously, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby during a briefing statedthat the United States considers it important to provide assistance to both Israel and Ukraine. He stressed that the administration will seek additional assistance to Kyiv, and added that, if necessary, it will seek additional funding for Tel Aviv.

Kirby clarified that Washington has already supplied Israel with the first military aid and announced an announcement about the allocation of additional funds in the coming days. At the same time, the White House representative did not directly answer the question of whether the United States is ready to support Israel, by analogy with Ukraine, “as long as necessary.”