2023-12-07 10:54:42
The US Senate has blocked a bill for a new billion-dollar package for Ukraine and Israel. Republicans first demand stricter measures at the border between the United States and Mexico.
Of the senators, 49 voted in favor and 51 once morest the bill. As a result, President Joe Biden did not receive the sixty votes needed to continue the support.
Biden wants to support both Ukraine and Israel with an aid package of around 110 billion dollars (102 billion euros). The White House warned this week that the US is running out of money and time to help Ukraine.
Republicans want aid to Ukraine and Israel to go hand in hand with major changes in border controls. They want to tighten controls on immigration along the US border with Mexico. According to them, the bill did not meet their demands.
US Senate blocks billions in aid: ‘Historic moment’
According to Biden, Putin receives ‘the greatest gift’
Before the vote, Biden gave a speech urging Congress to pass the bill. He called it “mind-boggling” that the US has reached a point “where Republicans in Congress are willing to give Putin the biggest gift he can hope for.”
The US president also said that Putin will not stop if he takes Ukraine. According to him, following a victory in Ukraine, Russia may attack a NATO member, “and American soldiers will have to fight with Russian soldiers.”
Biden said in his speech that he was willing to compromise with Republicans on other issues in exchange for support for Ukraine. He mentioned, among other things, security at the border with Mexico.
Ontvang meldingen bij nieuws over de oorlog in Oekraïne
‘Russia is counting on a collapse in Western support for Ukraine’
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia is counting on a collapse in Western support for Ukraine. He warned regarding this during a virtual meeting with the leaders of the G7. That is a group of seven industrialized countries, including the US.
“Russia hopes for one thing: that the unity of the free world will collapse next year,” Zelensky said at the meeting. “Russia believes that America and Europe will show weakness and not maintain their support for Ukraine at the appropriate level.”
In Europe, the support package for Ukraine is also not going well. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is opposed to a new package of 50 billion euros.
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