Josep Borrell, the head of foreign policy for the European Union, encouraged American legislators on Sunday to think twice before removing funding for Ukraine from a short-term spending package that Congress passed on Saturday to avoid a government shutdown.
Additional funding to Ukraine was removed from the bill to keep the government open until November 17, which was a White House priority that a growing number of Republican members opposed.
After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Borrell said that European leaders were taken aback by Washington’s last-minute decision and vowed that the 27-nation European Union would continue to support Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression.
“An existential threat is present. Ukrainians are fighting valiantly and to the best of their abilities, and