National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby downplayed polling showing most Americans oppose Congress providing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia . The comment comes as the Biden administration is working on a supplemental funding request for Ukraine that will likely be ready for Congress to consider by this fall . Kirby said it was also important to the national security of the American people . A poll conducted in the early days of the Russian invasion in late February found who felt the US should have been doing more . Partisan divisions have widened since that poll too with most Democrats and Republicans now on opposing sides of questions on the US role in Ukraine . In December Congress approved the administrations request for an additional billion to help arm Ukraine and combat the Covid pandemic billion of which was specifically allocated for Ukraine . The funding shortfall does not appear to have happened largely because the Pentagon previously overvalued the amount it had spent on weaponry to Ukraine by $1.5 billion . The administration requested this kind of funding to help support Ukraine four times last year in March May September and December but it has not yet been determined by the Office of Management and Budget chief Doug Bush said on Monday that the details still have to be decided by the OMB . The White House has said that the funds will not be determined by this month . The funds were meant to last through September. The supplemental was meant to be meant toLast through September . The budget chief said in the supplemental was intended to last to last for the supplemental. The funding. The Pentagon. was meant for the financial shortfall. The Whitehouse. The administration has not been identified. The budget. was intended for the.commissionary.committed to this month’s report. to be determined. to .
White House downplays CNN poll showing majority of Americans oppose more US aid for Ukraine .
