УКРАЇНСЬКА ПРАВДА
Ukrainska Pravda
WEDNESDAY, 24 JANUARY 2024
The Pentagon has indicated that the lack of funding not only affects the US’s ability to send weapons to Ukraine but also to help repair the equipment it has already provided.
Source: Patrick Ryder, spokesperson for the US Department of Defense, during a briefing
Details: The official stressed that due to insufficient funding, the Pentagon cannot draw down weapons from its own stockpiles, which hinders “meeting Ukraine’s most urgent battlefield needs to include things like artillery rounds, anti-tank weapons, air defence interceptors”.
“Also, without additional funding, it prevents us from being able to provide systems and equipment to meet both their medium- and longer-term requirements and help them sustain systems that we’ve previously provided to them,” Ryder stressed.
The official added that the Pentagon would further cooperate with Congress and urge it to pass a decision on additional funding as soon as possible.
Background: Earlier, the White House stressed the importance of making a decision on assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible, as the next few months will be critical.
Media reports indicated that key aides to US President Joe Biden warned at a closed-door meeting in Congress that without approval of additional military aid to Ukraine, significant challenges could arise on the battlefield.
The bill envisages over US$60 billion in support for Ukraine, US$14 billion for Israel, and the same amount for measures to counter illegal migration on the southern border.
The White House has previously stated that it no longer has money for new military support for Ukraine until it is approved by the US Congress.
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Kestutis Eidukonis on LinkedIn;
“I am extremely disappointed in the direction the party of Reagan is taking. Have unsubscribed to all its requests for funds. Never in my life did I expect the GOP to become the party of Putin. All my GOP friends feel the same way. I believe this will cost the Republican party control of the house.”
Mr Eidukonis is a retired U.S. Colonel of Lithuanian origin. He has reposted a comment from a strongly pro-Ukrainian student coming from of all places; Nigeria.
This student is now getting international coverage via LinkedIn:
https://truthaboutrussia.quora.com/Speaker-Mike-Johnson-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-the-fool-is-currently-making-sure-that-no-aid-pass-to-Ukraine-UKRAINIANS?ch=10&oid=146120198&share=1c673d8c&srid=1HAXA&target_type=post
It seems increasingly likely that tovarish Johnson has been hired to ensure that no aid reaches Ukraine until Trumpkov takes over and Kyiv becomes Kiev again.
The EU should and must immediately pay the $62 billion as a commercial transaction, to ensure Ukraine’s survival.
🎤 “Nobody knows the timeline of Russia’s madness, but we know #Ukraine is buying us time and paying for it with 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. If Ukraine wins, Russia’s expansionism will be halted. If not, we’ll wish we used the bought time more efficiently”
🇱🇹 #Lithuania Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis
I think the Republican party should be designated a terrorist organisation, like IS, Hamas, IRA, Boko Haram and of course Al Qaeda.
^bert
Bert, most Republicans want to give aid to Ukraine. Unfortunately, a few, the maga morons and others who want a border deal, have prevented this to happen.
I wasn’t very serious.
There are also good Republicans like Haley.
But I was angry and I felt the need to express that.
^bert
I fully understand you, Bert.