Latest: US aid ‘indispensable’ for defense of Ukraine, Scholz says
Citing the EU's decision to allocate more funding for Ukraine at the extraordinary European Council summit last week, the German chancellor urged the U.S. Congress to do its part to defend Ukraine by green-lighting the further aid proposed by Biden.
Scholz said congressional approval of the aid package would "send the right message to the Russian president that his hopes are in vain, that he simply has to wait long enough for the support of Ukraine's friends in Europe, North America and elsewhere to wane."
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, meanwhile, said the defense alliance needs to improve its military capabilities and be prepared for a decades-long conflict with Russia.
If Russian President Vladimir Putin "wins in Ukraine, there is no guarantee that Russian aggres...