President Biden was expected to announce additional aid to Ukraine around midday Wednesday following an emotional speech to Congress by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Biden, facing bipartisan pressure to grant Zelensky’s request to facilitate the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland, is expected instead to announce $800 million in new US military aid.Biden axed Poland’s plan to transfer 28 Soviet-designed fighter jets last week after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Poland had a “green light” to move forward, which the Warsaw government hoped to do with US help.
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