By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters). – Democratic U.S. The Senate’s subcommittee on foreign aid oversees Senator Chris Coons said Friday that he supports an emergency spending bill for $10 billion to deal with the Ukraine crisis.

Coons stated that although it would not be an exact guess, she would back an emergency supplemental at least $10 billion to help meet vital security and humanitarian requirements.

Coons listed the issues including the millions of refugees that may move to other countries and the costs associated with enacting sanctions and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine. Coons stated, “So $10billion is likely on the low end because I am not taking into account what may be a strong defense-side demand.

He stated that there was a strong desire to continue providing resupply, training, and any other overt or covert support necessary for the Ukrainian resistance.

Coons said that he will not allow billions to be taken from programs in order to help Ukraine. This is despite the continuing global coronavirus crisis and other international issues of food security. The funding needed to support these costs needs to be renewed.

Coons heads the Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee responsible for funding diplomatic and aid programs. Several have called for the passage of an emergency spending bill.

Biden has yet not stated how much money Congress should appropriate to address the crisis.

Russian missiles pummeled Kyiv last Friday. Residents hid in shelters, and officials instructed residents to create Molotov cocktails for Ukraine’s capital to defeat an invasion that was said to have begun in Kiev with the saboteurs.