Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized the Biden administration for 'dragging its heels' on helping Ukraine, ahead of a planned address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Congress on Wednesday
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. 'We need to help the Ukrainians in every conceivable way,' he said.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized the Biden administration for "dragging its heels" on helping Ukraine, ahead of"Even when they do the right thing, they do it too late," Mr. McConnell said at his weekly news conference on Tuesday. "And the administration needs to get the message: We need to help the Ukrainians in every conceivable way.
Mr. McConnell said Mr. Zelensky "already knows that the U.S. is not going to engage directly in Ukraine" and won't impose"But there are a lot of weapons that are extremely effective in controlling the air," he said. "A good example of that are the MIGs that the Poles were anxious to send to Ukraine, which the administration apparently discouraged them from doing."
The Pentagon last week rejected an offer from Poland to transfer planes to the U.S. that could then be sent to Ukraine. The U.S. has sent troops, air-defense systems and other equipment to Poland and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization states on the eastern flank to bolster their defenses. Mr. Biden stressed on Monday the steps the U.S. is taking to provide Ukraine with security assistance, and he recently approved an additional $200 million, bringing the total the U.S. has authorized this year to $1.2 billion. President Biden recently signed into lawA reporter asked Mr.
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