US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to urgently approve a stalled package of aid to Ukraine, hours before a planned key Senate procedural vote that Republicans are vowing to block as they demand changes to U.S. border security policy, ABC News reported.
"The Congress has to uphold the national security needs of the United States and quite frankly, of our partners as well," Biden said, speaking from the White House,
"This cannot wait," he said, saying lawmakers had to act before the holiday break.
"Republicans in Congress are willing to give [Russian President Vladimir] Putin the greatest gift he could hope for, and abandon our global leadership, not just Ukraine, but beyond that," he said.
"Make no mistake, today's vote is going to be long remembered. History is going to judge harshly those who turn their back on freedom -- because we can't let Putin win. Say it again. We can't let Putin win," he said.
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