The U.S. is sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned plea to Congress for more help.
The additional assistance, which brings the total the U.S. sent to Ukraine this week to $1 billion, is expected to help local forces better counter Russian missile attacks on major Ukrainian cities. But it does not fulfill all of Zelenskyy’s requests, which included American help to enact a no-fly zone over Ukraine as Russian leader Vladimir Putin continues to target civilians. …
