White House says US funding for Ukraine set to run out by end of the year

The White House budget chief warned the US Congress on Monday that failure to agree fresh funds for Ukraine by the end of the year would "kneecap" Kyiv on the battlefield.

In a letter to the House Speaker, the director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young said time was rapidly running out to support Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion.

"I want to be clear: without congressional action, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for Ukraine," Shalanda Young wrote.