President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia for launching its "largest aerial assault on Ukraine" since the start of the war, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin "must be stopped," and used the attacks to implore Congress to pass additional aid for Ukraine. He must be stopped," Biden said in a written statement following the attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed following the attacks that his country would "surely respond to terrorist strikes" and that "Russian terror must and will lose." Senate negotiations on Ukraine aid tied to aid for Israel and border security continued Friday with no sign of any imminent deal. Biden urges Congress to pass additional aid following Russia’s aerial assault on Ukraine originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News December 29, 2023 20:58 UTC