The White House warned this Monday that US aid to Ukraine will be exhausted at the end of the year and that the Russian president, Vladimir Putincould win the war if Congress does not agree to disburse more funds.
“We have run out of money and almost out of time,” said White House Budget Director Shalanda Young in a forceful letter to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, reflecting President Joe Biden’s growing frustration with the stalemate in Congress.
Biden asked Congress in October for a $106 billion national security package that included military aid for Ukraine and Israel, but the issue has generated divisions on Capitol Hill.
“There is no magic pool of financing available to deal with this moment,” Young wrote. “This is not a problem for next year. The time to help a democratic Ukraine fight Russian aggression is now. “It’s time for Congress to act,” he stressed.
“I want to be clear: without action from Congress, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to acquire more weapons and equipment for Ukraine”wrote.
According to her, “Cutting off the flow of American weapons and equipment will amputate Ukraine on the battlefield not only jeopardizing the gains Ukraine has made, but increasing the likelihood of Russian military victories.”
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan went further.
“Congress must decide whether to continue supporting the fight for freedom in Ukraine… or ignore the lessons we have learned from history and let Putin prevail,” Sullivan told reporters at the White House. “It’s that easy. It is such a hard choice.”
“Lack of strategy”
Ukraine is pushing for more Western aid as Russian forces step up their attacks following the failure of kyiv’s summer counteroffensive.
But Johnson, who took office in October after the impeachment of his predecessor at the initiative of a group of congressmen sympathetic to former Republican President Donald Trump, responded to the letter coldly.
“The Biden administration has not substantively addressed any of my legitimate concerns about the lack of a clear strategy in Ukraine”Johnson alleged on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
He also insisted that Republicans want to make any aid to Ukraine subject to real changes in US policy on the southern border with Mexico to stop the arrival of migrants in an irregular situation.
In the package, Biden has tried to bring together three fronts: US$61 billion for Ukraine, US$14 billion for Israel and more than US$13 billion to reinforce the border with Mexico because he estimates that Putin and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are forces that Try to “annihilate” to neighboring democracies.
But Congress has been paralyzed for months by Republican infighting as the radical right opposes providing more aid to kyiv.
In November, Congress narrowly avoided a paralysis of the federal State known in English as “shutdown” but the agreement to stay afloat until mid-January left out aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Elections in the USA
Ukraine’s front line has remained virtually unchanged over the past year despite Western aid to kyiv.
The United States has already committed $111 billion to Ukraine since Russia invaded the neighboring country in February 2022, including $67 billion for military hardware, according to Young.
European countries also face difficulties in obtaining financing for Ukraine.
Fears are growing in Washington that Putin will wait until next year’s US presidential election, where Biden will likely face Donald Trump, to decide his next move. And according to recent polls, the number of voters who believe that the United States is doing too much to help kyiv is increasing.
Source: Gestion

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