9 minutes agoU.S.A. Help for Ukraine
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(3 years ago)The White House and the Republicans have failed to find common language to provide tens of billions of dollars in aid to the Ukrainian war against the Russian aggressor and Israel fighting Hamas. The Republicans blocked the Biden Supporter's request for aid in the Senate on Wednesday. As American Voice correspondent Patsy Widakuswara reports, [...]
The images published by the Ukrainian Army show the damage caused by a Russian attack on the southern town of Kherson on Thursday, while the proposal for aid in Kiev's fight against Kremlin aggression has been blocked by republican senators, who seek tougher measures to secure the United States border with Mexico. The Voice of America spoke with Senator Jim Rich.
We Republicans are very serious about closing our southern border. About 10,000 people enter the United States every day illegally. First of all, we have to defend our limit”.
The White House says the Republicans have ignored its proposal for border and immigration reform.
President Beden warned on Wednesday that if Kiev loses the war, Russian leader Vladimir Putin would go beyond Ukraine and attack a NATO member country and that the United States would be obliged to intervene.
We can have something we don't want and we don't have today. American troops fighting Russian troops. U.S. troops fighting Russian troops if they join other NATO countries”.
President Biden has signaled he is willing to compromise, but he says the deadline is running out. Earlier aid to Ukraine has remained only $4.8 billion, with $1.1 billion to fill American weapons and equipment reserves to supply Kiev.
If American aid is not approved, Europeans will likely help to some extent. Ukrainians will have to return to a more defensive fight and will likely start looking for ways to end the” conflict, says analyst Emma Ashford with the Stimson Centre.
The Voice of America asked National Security Council spokesman John Kirby if the administration would support the ceasefire negotiations.
President Zelensky is the one who determines how and when this war ends and under what conditions he is willing to negotiate with Mr. Putin”.
To approve $60 billion in aid to Ukraine and $10 billion to Israel, Congress has limited time before the holiday season. European partners feel nervous.
Britain will continue to support Kiev, Foreign Secretary David Cameron told Voice of America on Thursday.
By far, America is an essential partner and has the largest economy in the world, the biggest defence player, absolutely vital”.
Things are even more complicated, as January 19th is also the first deadline to adopt the budget to avoid partial closure of the American government. / VOA/
