According to US media, Russia could win the war “within weeks” if the US does not provide more aid to Ukraine.
This information was reported by NBC News, citing sources in Washington.
Earlier, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned U.S. politicians that Ukraine would lack some air defense and artillery capabilities in the coming weeks and that its forces “can only keep fighting the Russians for weeks, and perhaps months.”
Officials said Russia’s victory “will reverberate around the world” and will in turn push other countries to reconsider their relations with the United States.
The US stopped providing military aid to Ukraine
John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, announced on January 11 that Ukraine will no longer receive military aid from the United States.
“We donated the last package of available supplies that we had the money for,” Kirby said. At the same time, he noted that U.S. support for Ukraine ended “just when it needed it most.”
The allocation of new aid must be approved by Congress, but Republicans are demanding that Democrats in return agree to stricter US legislation to combat illegal migration.
At the end of December last year, the United States provided Ukraine with its final, twelfth aid package worth $250 million. It included ammunition and equipment for air defense systems, MLRS missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery shells, anti-tank weapons and more than 15 million small arms ammunition.
Biden’s call to Congress for more money
In October, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to allocate $106 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Kiev was set to receive more than half of these funds ($61.4 billion), but members of Congress failed to reach an agreement on the issue and the discussion was postponed until the second half of January.
After the Russian invasion, Ukraine became the largest recipient of weapons from the United States since World War II. In 2023, Americans provided military aid to the Ukrainians totaling more than $24 billion, and in 2022 almost $27 billion.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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