2023-11-15 05:10:26
And article published in said medium indicates that the conflict in the Middle East, as well as the situation on the southern North American border, might cause Washington stops seeing kyiv as a priorityin addition to the fact that the interest of the US Congress “has decreased more than ever.” The pressure is growing, the media details, in the face of a possible government shutdown, which would further complicate the scenario for Ukrainea country that, according to the media, has allocated aid of around 113 billion dollars by the US Congress.
“Republican lawmakers’ appetite for further aid to Ukraine has been waning for many months, even before the nation’s long-awaited summer offensive failed to make dramatic gains, as polls have shown a steady decline in the once solid support from the American public,” the text notes.
“In recent months, a small but powerful faction of House conservatives has disrupted the legislature, further hindering the passage of liberal or bipartisan priorities. And now Ukraine finds itself competing for lawmakers’ attention,” he adds. .
Although Democrats say a bipartisan majority in Congress still favors sending aid to kyiv, even this may not be enough to approve Biden’s request in the short term.
The newspaper emphasizes that currently, Ukraine faces “a huge budget deficit” of 35 billion dollars for next year, of which only a third is expected to be covered by its other main sponsor: the European Union.
As resistance to continuing to finance Kiev grows in the US, Ukrainian officials are intensifying their contacts with Republican lawmakers and hoping to dissuade them from leaving their country, the article says, and a delegation of Ukrainian religious leaders has also toured the North American country. asking for funds, and some in Kiev hope his religious message will attract House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The so-called counteroffensive began on June 4, 2023 and three months later, the Russian president Vladimir Putin He declared that the operation had not only stalled, but had been a complete failure.
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