Outgoing President Joe Biden has only a few weeks left in his term, but that didn't stop him Wednesday from ordering additional arms deliveries to Ukraine.
His directive to the Pentagon came on the same day Russia launched missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in multiple cities, even though more Americans oppose such a move.
Attacks targeting power plants in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and southeastern Dnipro left at least one person dead and six more injured as the country woke up on Christmas Day, ABC News reported. report.
In the aftermath of the missile attack, 500,000 people in the Kharkiv region were left without heat in temperatures several degrees below zero, and power outages occurred in the capital Kiev and elsewhere.
Biden condemned the attack as “outrageous” and said the United States “will continue to work tirelessly to strengthen Ukraine's position in defense against Russian forces.” The President added:
The goal of this nefarious attack was to cut off access to heat and electricity for Ukrainians during the winter and to jeopardize the security of the power grid.
Let me be clear: Ukrainian citizens have the right to live in peace and security.
The United States and the international community must continue to work together until Ukraine defeats Russian aggression.
The president promised more arms to Ukraine, less than a month before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office on January 20.
The US government has already committed $175 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Ahead of his victory in this year's US presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised to end the nearly three-year-old war between Ukraine and Russia “within 24 hours.”
