“We finance the budget of Ukraine - $11.8 billion is sent in the form of budget support.

The question is: is Ukraine now the 51st state of the USA?” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

Green also wondered what position Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds in the US government.

The congresswoman called Ukraine's funding situation outrageous, adding that US residents deserve answers to their questions.

Earlier it became known that the US administration requested more than $37 billion from Congress to provide assistance to Kyiv.

Retired American Colonel Douglas McGregor said that the Europeans are tired of sending money and equipment to the Ukrainian “black hole”.