U.s. Suspends Aid To Ukraine

[retrocop]

 

This doesn't look very helpful. Is this a short lived glitch and the tap has run dry or has this war started to bleed Ukraine's allies dry?

 

 

https://https://uk.yahoo.com/news/u-suspends-military-aid-ukraine-120200164.html

[jourdain2]

This is dreadful and is down (I think) to the forthcoming elections and US voters not knowing a tremendous amount about the world beyond their borders (personal experience).  Apparently, Republicans are blocking aid to Ukraine because of the need to reinforce their ownborders.  

Very, very short-sighted and insular and could lead to WWIII if things go awry.

[royfromaus]

This is dreadful and is down (I think) to the forthcoming elections and US voters not knowing a tremendous amount about the world beyond their borders

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What borders?

[tomus42]

Trump's maga enablers in the Congress doing his work for him.

[ichkeria]

This isn't really the latest news: the $60 billion aid package was kiboshed by the US senate a while ago: it'll probably get passed eventually. Tho there is talk of another govt shutdown.

The south western border issue with which Congress has tied up the aid package is an interesting one. The indefatigable Sarah Aston-Cirillo, who is Putin's worst nightmare: a trans US citizen fighting with the Ukraine army, has been running a series of reports from the Mexican border and claims there are huge numbers of Russians coming acrid there - and that many of the traffickers are from Russian secret services.

Other than that: no the two has not dried up. We have sen the Europeans acting to increase the already substantial aid particularly in the light of the US freeze.

Interestingly the GOP dominated House Foreign Affairs committee has produced a 28 page strategy to help Ukraine win: looking like they sense an election opportunity to highlight 

[ichkeria]

the failings of the Biden administration. 
Today the UK became the first of the 30 signatories to the Vilnius agreement to guarantee Ukraine's long term security with the paper signed in Kyiv today,

In addition to the significant military aid, the commitment is there to develop Ukraine's military industrial complex: meaning Ukraine will become more self sufficient in weapons production  

[Old_Geezer]

Must be a political ploy. I'm sure the American government realises they can fund both their own border security and aid prevention of another "superpower" expanding roughshod over neighbouring nations too. Meanwhile they become an embarrassment to our allies.

[ichkeria]

As I mentioned before the US could give Ukraine much of its cast-off weaponry and none of it would  need to go through Congress 

[Untitled]

"As I mentioned before the US could give Ukraine much of its cast-off weaponry and none of it would  need to go through Congress "

why doesn't it do so?

[ichkeria]

Lack of political will 

[Peter Pedant]

Republicans ( Trumps lot) are blocking aid to Ukraine because of their own perceived need to reinforce  own borders.  to the south

Zelenski's view is whyilst you lot dither, we will go under

[ichkeria]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a14a6ae96df50014f845d2/UK-Ukraine_Agreement_on_Security_Co-operation.pdf
 

Re the agreement mentioned  above: worth a skim through 

[Old_Geezer]

They don't need budget for the south border. We're told that the Mexicans are paying for a wall to go there.

[ichkeria]

"Re the agreement mentioned  above: worth a skim through "

Five other countries: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy and Poland have followed the UK in making good on the commitment signed last July in Vilnius to guarantee Ukraine's security and to help develop its weapons industry. This is after the agreement jointly signed by Zelensky and Rishi Sunak on Friday