Washington - (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States can only act on the conflict in Ukraine, in order to justify his request from Congress to allocate an additional $ 33 billion to provide more military assistance to Kiev.

Of this huge sum, $20 billion will be allocated to supplying weapons to Ukraine, nearly seven times more than the amount of weapons and ammunition that have already been sent to Kiev since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.

In an intervention from the White House, Biden announced that Kiev had received ten anti-tank weapons for every Russian tank that entered its territory, but he made it clear that the United States "does not attack" Russia, but rather "helps Ukraine defend itself" in light of the Russian "atrocities and aggression."

Earlier, the Kremlin warned that the delivery of weapons to Ukraine "threatened European security."

The US Congress must approve the allocation of the additional 33 billion.
Although they unanimously support Ukraine, US lawmakers differ on the content of the law that would enhance military assistance. The democrats

They want to include in it an amendment to increase the budget to combat Covid at the same time, which Republicans strongly reject.
And if the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, tries to bring the two sides closer together, the matter may end in failure on both sides, according to what a member of the Republican administration in the Senate warned.

This assistance remains urgent for Ukraine, as Russia is intensifying its attacks in the south and east of the country, more than two months after the outbreak of the conflict.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that the US administration will exert "maximum pressure" to obtain congressional approval, adding that Biden's decision to personally announce the request for assistance to Ukraine reflects his interest in this matter.
Biden's visit Tuesday to the Lockheed Martin plant in Alabama that produces Javelin anti-tank missiles, one of the main weapons supplied to the Ukrainian army, is likely to be an additional impetus for Congress to pass the aid.
And after Washington was satisfied with weapons considered defensive, it now sends artillery, helicopters and drones to the Ukrainian army, whose soldiers received training in the use of these weapons in the United States or in other countries before returning to the front.
In addition, on Thursday, Biden attacked Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible" threats of the possible use of nuclear weapons. "This shows a sense of despair on the part of Russia, which is facing its miserable failure in view of its first targets" when the attack began, he said.
The White House said in a statement that the Biden administration wants to tighten pressure on the Russian president and his circles by proposing to liquidate the assets of Russian financiers that were confiscated and transferred to Kiev to "compensate for the losses caused by the Russian aggression."
In terms of sanctions, EU countries have so far confiscated Russian assets worth more than $30 billion, including some $7 billion in luxuries belonging to oligarchs (yachts, artwork, real estate, and helicopters), according to the White House.
As for the United States, it "imposed sanctions on ships and planes worth more than a billion dollars and prevented their movement, in addition to freezing hundreds of millions of dollars of the assets of the Russian elite in American accounts."
This month, Spain agreed to a US request to confiscate a $90 million luxury yacht owned by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, who is close to President Vladimir Putin.
The White House promised Thursday to continue its action against maneuvers aimed at "avoiding sanctions" by strengthening the US investigation and prosecution capabilities against Russian oligarchs.