Ukraine Latest: Yellen Backs US Aid as Republicans Express Doubt
A Ukrainian serviceman enters a T-72 tank on the front line near Bakhmut.
Photographer: Sergey Shestak/AFP/Getty Images
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers that the Biden administration’s proposed international aid spending in Ukraine and elsewhere is critical to strengthening Washington’s leadership abroad and advancing American security interests. Congressional Republicans said US assistance could be better used for domestic priorities.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified at a US House hearing Wednesday that China appears to be helping Russia evade sanctions but there’s no evidence it is supplying weapons. The US, a State Department official said, is weighing how it might support a special tribunal considering war crimes against Russia.