U.S. President Joe Biden (right) talks with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) at the White House on the 21st.

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[Compilation Guan Shuping/Comprehensive Report] On the 21st, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House, U.S. President Biden defended his reluctance to provide all the advanced weapons that the Ukrainian government wants. Longer missiles and other advanced weapons have raised concerns about straining and splitting U.S. relations in Europe, including the NATO alliance.

"Bloomberg" reported on the 21st that Biden said at a press conference with Zelensky at the White House, "The idea that we are giving Ukraine supplies that are completely different from what is being sent there now will lead to the split of NATO, the split of the European Union and the split of the world." Possibility of division elsewhere".

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Biden made the above statement in response to a question from a Ukrainian reporter.

The reporter asked why the U.S. would not provide all the weapons Kyiv wanted, including the Army Tactical Missile System, when the U.S. provided the Ukrainian Patriot missile system.

The "New York Post" pointed out that Biden's statement implied that there were differences in the Western alliance on aiding Ukraine's weapons.

On the occasion of Zelensky's visit, the Biden administration announced a new batch of US$1.85 billion (NT$57.2 billion) in military aid to Ukraine, including the provision of the Patriot missile system.

The Kyiv government has repeatedly asked for more advanced weapons, such as longer-range missiles that can strike deeper than existing artillery, including inside Russia.

Moscow has warned that such weapons would be seen as direct involvement of Ukraine's allies in the war and would escalate the situation.

In Europe, including within the NATO alliance, some countries have expressed doubts about being involved in a wider war against Russia. Therefore, NATO has always rejected the Ukrainian government's proposal to designate a no-fly zone, and NATO will send aircraft to implement it; Allies such as Poland are eager to prevent Russian aggression at all costs.

Biden said, "I have spent hundreds of hours face to face with our European allies and those heads of state, why it is very much in their interest to continue to support Ukraine," "They fully understand, but they do not want a war with Russia, They don't want World War III".