US president calls on Republicans in Washington to back deal for more aid to Kyiv; Rishi Sunak says no immediate plans to send UK instructors to Ukraine
At a glance: what we know on day 586 of the invasion
Joe Biden has called on congressional Republicans to back a deal to provide more aid to Ukraine, saying he was “sick and tired” of the political brinkmanship, and that US support for Ukraine could not be interrupted “under any circumstances”.
A stopgap bill that extended government funding for more than a month and avoided a shutdown did not include any aid for Kyiv.
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