US funds for Ukraine are 96% depleted - White House

“What I can tell you is that roughly of the total funds that have been provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, which is in excess of USD 60 bn, and that’s not just security assistance. It’s economic and financial assistance, humanitarian assistance.

We’ve gone through about 96% of what’s left and greater than 90% of security assistance replenishment funds have been expended now", National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday.

The U.S. believes that Ukraine can win back its territory, Kirby said, but acknowledged that progress had been slow.

“The front from the Donbas area all the way down .. remains an active front and there is fighting along that front. And the Ukrainians will be the first to tell you that that they aren’t making and haven’t made as much progress in this counteroffensive as they would like.

And that’s why we are so focused on making sure that we continue to provide security assistance to them so that they can make the most of the time they have left before the weather is really going to set in and make it harder for them to make any progress.

And your question, does the president believe that they can?

Absolutely. We believe that they can win back their territory. I think they’ve been underestimated since the beginning of this conflict,” Kirby said.