The top aide in Ukraine’s Office of the President on Monday told Newsmax that American support to the war-torn country demonstrates the United States as the “leader of the free world.”

In an interview on “Newsline,” Andriy Yermak, appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to serve as the head of the Office of the President, said the overall $61 billion for Ukraine — including $13.8 billion to purchase weapons — will prove “we are able to fight and able to win … in the face of the preparations of [Russia’s President Vladimir] Putin’s counteroffensive.”

The aid is “extremely important,” he said.

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