President Joe Biden has expressed confidence that he can work with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to continue providing U.S. aid to Ukraine, despite claims by the House Republican leader that he may not support funding for a new military package to supplement the Pentagon's regular budget.. Biden said this during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak..

“The thing is, I believe we will have the funding we need to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, and I believe we are going to increase support,” Biden told reporters..

The US and UK are the two biggest donors to Ukraine's military effort. The leaders of both countries reaffirmed their long-term commitment to supporting Kyiv.

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Rishi Sunak stressed that Britain should share the burden of spending with the US and encourage other countries to follow suit..

“Russian President Vladimir Putin will think that he can wait it out and that the alliance will get tired. This is wrong. We will not go astray,” he added..

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly took issue with Kevin McCarthy's position and criticized the amount of defense spending in the Debt Limit Act, saying that Congress should allocate more money to national security programs..