Money and time are running out. At the moment the United States you can send toUkraine just another pack help by the end of the year unless new funding is released on Capitol Hill. The USA has set further goals 100 billion dollars to arm and support Kiev since Russia launched its offensive in February 2022. Joe Biden called on Congress to approve an additional $60 billion, but Republicans have become increasingly skeptical about the need to continue supporting the government Volodymyr Zelensky.
Use desiccant for Kyiv
“These are the means at our disposal, we can do no more,” said the spokesman for the US National Security Council. John Kirbyunderlining that I negotiations happened in Congress all weekend. If nothing changes, the Pentagon will run out of funds to replace the weapons supplied to Ukraine on December 30th.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Defense is spending its last money 1.07 billion dollars to purchase new weapons and equipment to replace those withdrawn from stockpiles and sent to Ukraine. “Once these funds are committed, the department will have exhausted available resources to support Ukraine,” the Pentagon said in a statement. letter dated December 15 and sent to congressional leaders. The letter reported by the Bloomberg agency could increase pressure on Congress to release new funds.
Stalemate in Congress
In the last few weeks, d republican In the Senate, they made the approval of additional funds for Ukraine dependent on the simultaneous strengthening of the condition Immigration rules The aim was to reduce the number of people entering the United States through the southern border and to deport some of those already in the country. A small group of lawmakers from both parties, along with Biden administration officials, tried to negotiate a deal that could gain some bipartisan approval.
As of Monday, lawmakers had not yet reached an agreement. As if that weren't enough, even if such a deal were to pass the Senate, it would likely not survive the House of Representatives, where Republicans have a very slim majority. The US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, meanwhile, called on the US Congress to reach an agreement on additional support for Kyiv “as soon as possible,” calling the situation “urgent.” “It is crucial to secure and maintain Ukrainians’ previous achievements. And also to protect our national security,” the diplomat said.
The race against time
A possible deal in the US Senate to release additional military aid to Ukraine (and Israel) could come this week. Democratic US Senator Joe Manchin it was clear. “I think we'll see something next week and we'll hold on until we finish (the negotiations),” he said in an interview with CNN, adding that the same negotiations will continue today but Congress has “nothing.” will conclude without reaching any conclusion cross-party solution.
Negotiations have been underway in the Senate for weeks over a compromise to provide more than $160 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in return for matching funds to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico border. Republican lawmakers have said they will not support further aid to Ukraine without including new border security provisions. Without action from Congress by the end of the year, Joe Biden's administration has warned that funding for Ukraine will run out.