The deadlock in the US Congress over the release of new aid to Ukraine is already having “impacts” on the battlefield, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today.
“We are already seeing the effects of the fact that the USA they have not been able to make a decision,” Stoltenberg stressed when asked regarding the Ukrainian army’s lack of ammunition upon his arrival at NATO headquarters in Brussels. “I expect that the US will make a decision and that Congress (…) will agree to help her Ukraine“, he added.
Ukraine is facing munitions shortages in its war once morest Russia and has been pressing for speeding up deliveries promised by its Western allies.
But a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, the Israel and Taiwan has remained blocked for months in the US, as House Republicans refuse to consider the relevant bill, which was finally passed by the Senate on Tuesday.
“If we leave the (Russian) president Vladimir Putin to win, this will not only be bad for the Ukrainians, a tragedy for the Ukrainians, but it will also be dangerous for us. It will make the world even more dangerous and make us more vulnerable,” Stoltenberg said shortly before the start of a meeting of his defense ministers. NATO.
According to the protothema, the ministers are going to discuss today in Brussels the long-term support to Ukraine as well as the goal that the member countries of the Alliance spend 2% of their GDP on defense.
Discussions at NATO headquarters have been overshadowed by comments from former US President Donald Trump, who on Saturday threatened to “encourage” Russia to do “whatever it wants” to NATO countries that do not spend enough on defence. their.
NATO countries have agreed since 2006 to spend 2% of their GDP on defense, but few have met this goal, infuriating the US.
In 2014 NATO pledged to halt spending cuts following Russia annexed Crimea, while last year member countries recommitted to the 2% target following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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