From CNN’s Clare Foran and Daniella Diaz
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal spoke briefly on Capitol Hill Thursday.
Shmyhal said that Ukrainians “feel great support from the United States, from President Biden.”
He discussed the importance of sanctions in addition to other forms of aid, and outlined a number of financial needs, including for internally displaced people, Ukrainian refugees and “mine-cleaning activity,” saying, “we need money, we need technologies, we need support.”
Shmyhal said people are suffering in areas close to major battles and need help. “There is no food, no water, no electricity,” he said.
Pelosi referenced President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will make a formal request for Congress to approve a second supplemental funding package to aid Ukraine, saying “we want to do more.”
“The President said he will be asking Congress for more. We’ll learn about that in the next day or so to be taken up as soon as we can next week,” Pelosi said.
Pelosi praised Biden’s leadership amid the crisis in Ukraine, saying that he has “been a unifier.”
She condemned Russia’s actions. “Words are almost inadequate to describe it,” Pelosi said.
