Biden orders Pentagon to drain billions in unspent Ukraine aid as Trump-Zelensky relationship sours further

President Biden said Thursday while hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House that he’s ordering the Pentagon to spend “all” congressionally approved aid to Ukraine before he leaves office — ahead of former President Donald Trump’s possible return to power.

As Zelensky looked on, Biden, 81, told reporters in the Oval Office that his Kyiv counterpart had “shared a preview of [his] plan to win this war” and that the US would bankroll the effort to defeat Russia’s nearly three-year-old invasion — moments before Trump posted a private letter from Zelensky seeking a meeting to social media.