Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh called on Congress to approve additional security aid to Ukraine amid stalled negotiations over further assistance to the country in its war against Russia.
“It is critical, as you all know, that Congress passes the president’s national security supplemental request to ensure that we can continue to support Ukraine,” Singh said during a press briefing Thursday.
She said that further assistance to Ukraine would be a “smart investment” in U.S. national security and would prevent a “larger war in Europe while strengthening our defense industrial base and creating skilled jobs back home here for the American people.”
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, welcomes Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Pentagon, Wednesday, Arlington, Va. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Her comments after the U.S. announced Wednesday it was sending a $175 million package of military aid to Ukraine, including guided missiles for the High…