{"id":2262263,"date":"2024-06-07T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-publicly-apologizes-to-zelenskyy-as-he-announces-225-million-in-additional-ukraine-aid\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:04:36","slug":"biden-publicly-apologizes-to-zelenskyy-as-he-announces-225-million-in-additional-ukraine-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-publicly-apologizes-to-zelenskyy-as-he-announces-225-million-in-additional-ukraine-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy, announces an extra $225 million in aid for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-publicly-apologizes-to-zelenskyy-as-he-announces-225-million-in-additional-ukraine-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2262263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Class=&#8221;device-ios&#8221;>To stop Big Tech censorship, change the \u200cway you and your family get your news. <\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\" class=\"device-ios\"> <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social_medium\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=news&#038;utm_campaign=auditiontech\"><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\" class=\"device-ios\">Support Christian\u2064 journalism<\/i><\/b><\/a><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\" class=\"device-ios\">    with a $5\/month subscription<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\" class=\"device-ios\">, Cancel anytime <\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=subscriptions-optin&#038;utm_campaign=di-leads&#038;utm_content=recommendedPage1-Homepage-Mobile\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=subscriptions-optin&#038;utm_campaign=di-leads&#038;utm_content=recommendedPage1-Homepage-Mobile\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\" class=\"device-ios\">here.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-wrap\">    I apologize\u2063 for the delay in getting military aid to Ukraine. This apology \u200btook place between\u200d President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr\u2064 Zelenskyy. The\u2064 delay was mostly due to congressional Republicans holding up the necessary funding\u200d for the aid package. However, Biden reaffirmed America&#8217;s commitment\u2062 to\u2064 supporting Ukraine and announced a new package \u200dof $225 million in aid to help counter Russia&#8217;s offensive in eastern \u200dUkraine. The\u200b spending on aid to \u2064Ukraine has been controversial, especially with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-passage-of-covid-relief-bill-will-get-labor-market-back-on-track-despite-inflation-fears\/\" title=\"Yellen: Passage of COVID relief bill will get labor market back on track despite inflation fears\">growing national debt<\/a>. Some \u200ccritics have accused Biden of politicizing the situation, but Zelenskyy stressed the importance of unity and continued support\u2064 from the United States. Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin has threatened possible retaliation if the U.S. continues to provide Ukraine \u2064with\u2063 American-made weapons \u2063to use \u200cagainst\u2064 Russian forces. This apology comes at a crucial time, as the \u2062world prepares for the 2024 election and potential shifts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/code-red-for-humanity-joe-biden-addresses-the-united-nations-calls-for-relentless-diplomacy\/\" title=\"\u2018Code Red For Humanity\u2019: Joe Biden Addresses The United Nations, Calls For \u2018Relentless Diplomacy\u2019\">global power dynamics<\/a>. The Western\u2063 Journal,\u2062 a platform known for its conservative views, has also urged readers to support \u2064the fight for America&#8217;s soul and combat Big Tech \u2064censorship. this apology reflects ongoing\u2064 tensions\u200c and power struggles between\u200d world leaders and political parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 7, 2024 at 9:09am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Blaming congressional Republicans, President Joe Biden offered an apology to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday for a delay in getting American military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologize for the weeks of not knowing what was going to pass, in terms of funding, because we had trouble getting the bill that we had to pass, that had the money in it,\u201d Biden said before the two met privately in Paris, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/07\/world\/europe\/biden-zelensky-meeting-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our very conservative members were holding it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden had proposed massive foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in the fall. Congress approved the aid \u2014 $61 billion \u2014 in April after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitch-mcconnell-takes-public-shot-tucker-carlson-accuses-turning-republicans-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> initially balked at the spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assure you the United States will stand with you,\u201d Biden told Zelenskyy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/biden-meets-zelenskyy-paris-dday-ukraine-strike-russia-offensive-rcna155984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>. \u201cWe are still in, completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Biden *apologizes* to Zelenskyy for conservative Republicans holding up the $61B aid package passed in April.<\/p>\n<p>Grotesque.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbling, can\u2019t take his eyes off the notecards. The only time he suddenly gets halfway lucid is to embarrassingly grovel and bash fellow Americans.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2h3Eg1McI\">pic.twitter.com\/g2h3Eg1McI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1799056450746016158?\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden used Friday to announce a new package of $225 million in aid to Ukraine, which recently received a limited green light to use<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/five-us-made-abrams-main-battle-tanks-destroyed-cheap-russian-tactic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> American weapons<\/a> to attack sites in Russia that are supporting a Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/article\/how-much-us-aid-going-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/a> noted that $175 billion has been approved in spending related to the war in Ukraine since it began in February 2022, of which $107 billion went directly to Ukraine\u2019s government. The majority of the rest of the package is financing assorted U.S. activities connected to the war, while a smaller amount supports other countries in the region that are affected.<\/p>\n<p>The spending comes at a time when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usdebtclock.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Debt Clock<\/a> shows the debt closing in on $35 trillion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Biden apologized for delays in security funding AND, of course, blamed his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of anything less Presidential . . . or American?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GreatAmericanMail (@mail_american) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mail_american\/status\/1799065062675722538?\">June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Biden sought to highlight the political division surrounding aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy tried to talk up unity on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very important that in this unity, United States of America, all American people stay with Ukraine like it was during World War II,\u201d Zelenskyy said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/biden-meet-ukraines-zelenskyy-paris-russia-leans-battlefield-110920137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow the United States helped to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pig-kidney-works-inside-of-donated-body-for-over-a-month\/\" title=\"Pig kidney functions in donated body for a month.\">save human lives<\/a>, to save <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/europe-just-approved-worst-communist-law-ever-affects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a>. And we count on your continuing support in standing with us shoulder to shoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is reeling from a Russian offensive that is attacking both the north and east of the vast nation as Russia\u2019s larger army is pushing back Ukraine\u2019s outnumbered defenders, NBC said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the eastern offensive around Kharkiv had been making progress for Russia, those advances have been slowed lately.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Has the U.S. sent enough aid to Ukraine?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron said France will provide its Mirage combat aircraft to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russian leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/russian-fleet-air-assets-expected-begin-operating-near-us-shores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> has said that the U.S. giving permission to Ukraine to strike some sites in Russia with American-made weapons could prompt retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reserve the right to act the same way,\u201d Putin said this week during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/4707218-putin-ukraine-war-us-weapons-russia-kharkiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cThe response might [be] asymmetrical, and we will think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A report in The New York Times quoted Putin as saying that Russia has \u201cthe right to send our weapons of the same class to those regions of the world where strikes can be made on sensitive facilities of the countries that do this against Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for delays in U.S. military aid, attributing the hold-up to congressional Republicans. 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