McConnell: Ukraine needs aid — but US should make it a part of a larger border security policy package - CNN

In his own floor remarks following a nearly 90-minute meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell echoed Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the need for urgent funding for Ukraine, but still insisted that it be part of a larger package that includes border security policy changes.

McConnell said he’s “going to work to get it done as long as it takes.” 

“I've been a staunch supporter of Ukraine's fight to take back its land, liberate its people and restore its support, restore its sovereignty since the beginning of Russia's invasion, way back in 2014," he said.

"Our Ukrainian friends' cause is just, and if the West continues to stand with them, they can win.”
But McConnell stood firm that without changes in border policy as part of a supplemental package, the financial support will not come. 

“We know the threats we face are intertwined — that Russia and China and North Korea work together to undermine America and the West. We know that our border, just like Ukraine's borders and Israel's and Taiwan’s, must be inviolable. That's why for months now, we've supported supplemental action on all four of the most pressing national security challenges we face,” he said.

“My support for Ukraine and Israel is rock solid. I'm committed to preparing the US military to deter and defend against Chinese aggression. I'm determined to get the national security crisis at the southern border under control, and I'm going to work to get it done as long as it takes,” he said.