President Joe Biden is set to sign a deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky intended to commit the U.S. to a decade of military support - a move that could pressure rival Donald Trump if he takes the White House.
The move is a key 'deliverable' of Biden's G7 meetings set to begin in the Apulia region of Italy Thursday.
' The bilateral deal would not have the strength of a treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate, so Biden or any successor could withdraw from it.
It comes after Biden was able to push through a $60 billion measure to aid Ukraine after overcoming prolonged opposition from Republican lawmakers in Congress.
Trump's White House tenure featured an angry impeachment clash triggered in part over a split within his administration over withholding military aid to Ukraine amid accusations by Trump allies of corruption in the country.
The diplomatic slog through arcane financial architecture comes at a summit where Biden and fellow G7 leaders will meet at an elegant medieval style village at Borgo Egnazia (although local police protecting them complained of dirty water and torn mattresses on the 'Goddess of the Night' tour ship that has been housing them.
All of Hunter Biden's children are accompanying the president on the trip, which comes as the family is still processing Hunter's guilty verdict and Biden has yet to speak publicly on it.
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