White House will focus on mitigating cost on Americans: Psaki
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told ABC News Wednesday that the administration is focused on mitigating the war's cost for the American people, including by releasing restricted petroleum reserves.
She said the administration will "take steps to reduce the impact on the American people over time."
Psaki was also asked by ABC News if the rate of financial assistance the U.S. has provided to Ukraine is sustainable for a long-term war.
Psaki acknowledged that with Putin consolidating his troops, "We’re entering a new phase of the conflict that could last for some time."
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"It doesn't mean it will look exactly the same or the needs or the resources will be exactly the same, and that is something we will continue to assess in our conversations with the Ukrainians, as well as with our allies and partners around the world," she added.
Psaki noted that the administration’s current goal is to continue to amp up military and humanitarian aid.
"There will be different needs that will come about over the course of time," she said. "And that's something we are of course committed to continuing to support their recovery from this their continued fight from this, but I can’t make an assessment about sustaining because obviously this war, and the needs, will change over the course of time"
-ABC News' Armando Tonatiuh Torres-García, Mary Bruce