‘Ukraine will prevail,’ Biden tells Zelensky after pledging $8 billion in military aid to Kyiv

US President Joe Biden on Thursday told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that “Ukraine will prevail” after pledging nearly $8 billion in military aid and long-range munitions to help Kyiv fight Russian forces. Biden, who has less than four months left in office, is trying to secure as much US support for Ukraine as he can amid a tight presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to present his wartime “victory plan,” after the US president announced an $8 billion surge in military aid for Kyiv’s fight against Russia.

But Zelensky’s visit was clouded by a blazing row with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that underscored how November’s US election could upend the support that Kyiv receives from its biggest backer.

“Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail, and we’ll continue to stand by you every step of the way,” Biden said as he hosted Zelensky in the Oval Office, after thanking him for presenting the so-called victory plan.

Dressed in his trademark military-style outfit, Zelensky replied that “we deeply appreciate that Ukraine and America have stood side by side.”


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