DENVER (KDVR) — The U.S. has entered a new bilateral security agreement with Ukraine to help the country defend itself against Russian invasion.
The deal promises American support in military weapons and training for the next 10 years. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the pact Thursday at the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations, held this year in Italy.
That deal comes on the heels of an international agreement to give Ukraine another $50 billion in support. The funding comes in the form of a loan from some of the wealthiest Democratic countries in the world, and it’s paid for with frozen Russian assets.
Between the cash and the commitment from the U.S. to help, the hope is the aid will bring the end of the war a little closer.
On this week’s ‘Colorado Point of View’
But the new 10-year agreement is not binding if Republicans — who have held up Ukraine funding in the past — win the White House in November and decide to get rid of the deal.
On “Colorado Point of View” this week, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said he does not believe that will happen. He thinks Biden will win a second term.
“I happen to think it will be President Joe Biden. Regardless of that, we have to make sure we’re working in the best interest of Americans,” Crow said.
Crow said the decision is in America’s best national security interest, regardless of who’s in the White House,
“People talk about it as aid,” Crow said. “It’s not charity.”
Watch the full conversation with U.S. Rep. Jason Crow on “Colorado Point of View” on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on Colorado’s Very Own Channel 2.
Sara Bichler
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