A proposed $60 billion in aid to Ukraine passed a US Senate vote but has been held up for months in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops lacking crucial ammunition have had to abandon positions to invading Russian forces.
Kyiv Post took to the streets of Washington DC, Austin and London to ask people whether they thought the US was abandoning Ukraine or whether it was only a far-right group of Republicans holding up Ukraine aid.
Nigel Farage and Trump both claim to be dear friends of each other. That may be true, but it’s unlikely to be an equal one. Farage is more like a sidekick; or Trump’s unofficial spokesman in the UK.
As a result of that he is both hated and loved. One thing that is not in dispute is the fact that his party: Reform UK, is likely to take Tory votes and could cause a Labour landslide.
When Farage speaks of Ukraine, it always seems to be coordinated.
DT today :
Ukrainian victory over Russia ‘for the birds’
“Mr Farage claimed the idea of victory for Ukraine over Vladimir Putin’s Russia was “for the birds” as he urged both countries to come to the negotiating table.
Noting that the casualty count in the first two years of the conflict was now similar to that in the Battle of the Somme, he said the war was “frankly going nowhere”.
“We can keep giving weapons to Ukraine, the stalemate can continue and Putin has completely reshaped the Russian economy, it’s about the war or nothing else, or we can have negotiations. I think we have to have negotiations and I think Trump will go for those negotiations.”
Asked if not supplying Ukraine with weapons would be a “huge failure of the West”, Mr Farage replied: “We’re not actually in a fit position to do so, so the burden once again falls on America. A lot of American figures are saying we’re not endlessly going to keep pumping money and weaponry in.
“If anyone can get the two around the negotiating table… It may fail. We can send British troops, have World War Three, I don’t mind… I don’t approve of anything Putin’s done in terms of this invasion. But we have to think through what is the endgame of this, what is the goal? If we think it’s a Ukrainian victory, that’s for the birds.”
The US government sent a gift :
“US Sent Seized Iran Weapons, Ammo to Ukraine”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30836
However, there’s a disturbing detail: “The government obtained ownership of these munitions on December 1, 2023, through the Department of Justice’s civil forfeiture claims,”
So, it took Team Biden an effing five months to decide to get this valuable cargo on its way. Evidently, no sense of urgency about Ukraine’s situation in the White House! 😠
I’m not sure what kind of processes and logistics arms seized from iranian shipments have to go through, but I agree 5 months is a ridiculous amount of time to cross the t’s and dot the i’s.
Another perfect example as to why Biden is called “old sleepy”.