“Mrs Pelosi and I have had four hours of very substantive negotiations, as they say, multilateral,” the president said in his speech. “In particular, on defense procurement, macro-financial assistance, sanctions policy, political cooperation with the United States. “I thanked her for reviving the historic Lend-Lease program, which once helped protect freedom in Europe and can certainly do so a second time. “We discussed specific areas; how Lend-Lease can work to strengthen our state as much as possible and help in the struggle for freedom. “I also thanked her for preparing a large package of $ 33 billion in aid to Ukraine. “We discussed how we can strengthen sanctions on Russia in a way that encourages it to end the war more effectively and limit Russia’s ability to circumvent existing and future sanctions. “I felt the support of our initiatives,” he added.