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As America suffers, President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that another $1.2 billion in security and humanitarian assistance will be granted to Ukraine.
Biden said he informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that $1 billion in defensive aid will be sent in the form of artillery, coastal defense weapons, ammunition and advanced rocket systems to defend against the Russian invasion.
With inflation ravaging the United States, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points on Wednesday. Jerome Powell, the chairman, said in a news conference that he expects a 50 or 75 basis point rate hike in July.
An additional $225 million of the funds will be sent for humanitarian assistance to supply "safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and health care, food, shelter, and cash for families to purchase essential items," the White House said in a statement.
The decision to send additional aid comes as Zelensky urges Western nations to send additional and timely assistance amid the advance of Russian forces across eastern Ukraine.
"We can't afford to let up and we can't lose steam. The stakes are too high," said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. "Ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield."
Austin pointed to Zelensky's previous warnings that after Russia failed to take the capital city of Kyiv earlier this year, Moscow would set its sights on the Donbas.
"We must intensify our shared commitment to Ukraine's self-defense, and we must push ourselves even harder to ensure that Ukraine can defend itself, its citizens and its territory," Austin told world leaders. "But make no mistake, Russia's unprovoked and indefensible invasion isn't just a danger to Ukraine. It's a menace to European security, and it's an affront to the rules-based international order that protects us all."
Meanwhile, polls show Americans are more concerned about the invasion is at home, with more than 2 million illegal alien entering the country in two years.
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