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According to sources familiar with the matter, in June the US president indicated that his Ukrainian counterpart could have shown a little more gratitude.
Biden “loses patience” over Zelensky's demands for additional help, media report
The US president, Joe Biden, was angry at the ingratitude of his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, in relation to the military aid provided to the kyiv regime, NBC News reports.
According to sources familiar with the matter, during a telephone conversation in June, when Biden had just finished announcing that he had achieved the approval of 1.0000 million additional dollars for kyiv, the Ukrainian leader began to list all kinds of help he needed, but was not receiving.
For his part, Biden “lost patience.” According to sources, he declared, raising his voice, that the American people had already been generous enough, while his administration and the US Army were working hard to help Ukraine, for which Zelensky could have shown a little more gratitude. .
At the same time, two sources familiar with kyiv’s opinion state that, after the incident during the phone call, the Ukrainian authorities tried to defuse tensions, concluding that that brushes with the US president were unproductive. Therefore, Zelensky issued a statement that same day in which he praised and thanked the White House for the promised help.
In addition, Politico reports that despite the fact that Washington has provided kyiv with numerous aid packages, from anti-tank missile systems to billions of dollars, the Ukrainian president has insisted on opportunities to receive aid that Biden is unwilling to provide, publicly expressing his discontent.
According to former Washington officials, this tactic by Zelensky has caused some friction between kyiv and the administration of Biden.
