The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is confident that Congress will approve allocating additional funding for sustained security assistance to Ukraine, CNN reported on Aug. 22.

“There are strong Republican, as well as Democratic, voices in both the House and the Senate in key leadership positions advocating on behalf of continued financial support to Ukraine so that they have the tools they need to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity," U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters.

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Sullivan clarified that Ukraine needs more tools necessary for the defense of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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“So we believe that the support will be there and will be sustained — even if there are some dissident voices on the other side of the aisle, we believe that at the core, there is still a strong bipartisan foundation of support for our Ukraine policy and for supporting and defending Ukraine,” he added.

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