The White House denied reports President Joe Biden‘s administration froze military aid to Ukraine following the announcement of a summit this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The idea that we have held back security assistance to Ukraine is nonsense. Just last week — in the run-up to the U.S.-Russia Summit — we provided a $150 million package of security assistance, including lethal assistance,” said press secretary Jen Psaki in a press release Friday.

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