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Lawmakers stood for a rare bipartisan ovation in support of Ukraine as U.S. President Joe Biden asked Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova to stand up and called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war a “test for the ages.”

Biden’s remarks before a Republican-controlled House of Representatives come as a small but vocal group of GOP lawmakers have criticized U.S. assistance to Ukraine and as popular support among Republican voters for U.S. support for Kyiv is sliding, The Hill reported.

However, the president boasted that the country has remained united along with its allies in standing together with Kyiv ahead of the one-year mark of Moscow’s aggression.

“Putin’s invasion has been a test for the ages, a test for America, a test for the world,” the president said, describing Russia’s invasion as a “murderous assault” that evokes the worst images of death and destruction in Europe during World War II.

“Together, we did what America always does at our best. We led. We united NATO and built a global coalition. We stood against Putin’s aggression. We stood with the Ukrainian people,” he said.

U.S. military assistance to Ukraine has exceeded an estimated $28 since the start of the war on Feb. 24.