2023-12-06 01:31:43
2023-12-06 09:31 Compiled by Lianhe Daily: Xu Yuhan/Real-time reporting
Ukrainian President Zelensky canceled a video conference with U.S. senators on the 5th. He was originally expected to ask the United States to continue to support Ukraine in resisting Russia’s invasion.
The Guardian reported that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Zelensky would not be able to participate in the classified briefing because “something came up at the last minute.” Zelensky was scheduled to deliver a speech to senators via Zoom on the followingnoon of the 5th.
Schumer said the administration has invited Zelensky to address senators so they “can hear directly from him what’s at stake.”
The news comes a day following the White House issued an emergency warning that without further U.S. military and economic aid, Kyiv would be unable to continue fighting to defend itself once morest a Russian invasion.
Schumer said, “If Ukraine collapses, Putin will remain in power. Dictators around the world will be emboldened. This great and noble experiment in democracy will enter an era of decline.”
Ukrainian President Zelensky canceled a video conference with U.S. senators on the 5th.AFP
Shalanda Young, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, sent a letter to congressional leaders on the 4th saying that by the end of this year, the United States will run out of funds to provide weapons and assistance to Ukraine, saying, “We have no money and almost no time. “
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