President Joe Biden boasted Wednesday at a NATO gathering in Vilnius, Lithuania, that the United States has given more money to Ukraine than all other nations combined.
Biden and Zelensky gave brief remarks before a bilateral meeting between their administrations at the summit, with Zelensky thanking Americans for $43 billion in military aid.
“I want to thank to all Americans. We understand that it is more than $43 billions for today. It is big support, I understand this is all your money, but you have to know that you spend this money not just for fighting. You spend this money for our lives. And I think that we save the lives for Europe and all the world,” he said.
Biden thanked Zelensky for acknowledging American support, and said:
I think we’ve given more than any other nation combined in terms of assistance and cost and the American people are supportive. They’re supportive, because they know it’s about you, it’s about more than you, it’s about innocent…