Biden expects “good faith” approach from Congress to unblocking Ukraine aid

That’s according to the National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby, who spoke with journalists during a press gaggle on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"The President — he said it himself.  He’s — he’s confident that we are approaching this in a good-faith way.  We want our cleagues on Congress to approach these discussions in a good-faith way," said the White House official.

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In this way, he responded to a request to comment on the statement by Vodymyr Zelensky, who expressed confidence that the United States and Eurean Union will not betray Ukraine.

Kirby also confirmed that "some progress" had been made in negotiations between Republicans and Democrats, including with the participation of Biden administration officials. In this regard, he noted that he would not get ahead of events with his forecasts.

“We’ll have to see where it goes,” he concluded.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the goal of the United States is to provide Ukraine with a sid foundation for further develment, as well as independence from large-scale aid in the future.