The White House has asked Congress for $6.4 billion "for the Ukrainian crisis." It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Bloomberg.

It is specified that, according to the White House, $2.9 billion will be needed to support both Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe, and another $3.5 billion for the needs of the Pentagon.

Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland assured that Washington was not going to supply Ukraine with weapons that could be used to "attack Russia."

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a draft law on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.

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