Developments in Ukraine Washington’s concern about the lack of weapons in Kiev / Biden’s assurance of the approval of a new aid package

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Matthew Miller The head of the press office of the US Department of State admitted in a press conference last night that the slowdown in US financial aid to Kiev has led to the weakening of the Ukrainian armed forces.

On Tuesday, the Senate The United States approved 95 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with 70 senators voting in favor of this bill and 29 senators against it. Of this amount, 60.06 billion dollars have been earmarked to support Kiev and 14.1 billion dollars to help Israel.

In this regard, White House spokesman John Kirby He called the approval of this bill by the Senate a “great achievement” and asked the House of Representatives to follow this process. At the same time, Joe Biden has expressed confidence in the result of a positive vote in the House of Representatives of the US Congress on the aid package bill for Israel and Ukraine.

The Guardian noted that the bill has little chance of passage in the House of Representatives, as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has criticized it for the lack of approval of a proposal presented by Republicans to stop the unprecedented flow of migrants at the border with Mexico.

The U.S. government almost four months ago requested additional funding in fiscal year 2024, which begins on October 1 in the United States, to provide aid to Israel and Ukraine and It also sent to Congress to deal with China and Russia in the Asia Pacific region. In total, Joe Biden’s administration wants to receive about 106 billion dollars for these purposes. Follow Ukraine:

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Chairman of the House of Representatives America is not going to vote on aid to Kiev now

Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, from the Republican Party, is not going to vote the bill now. to vote on the continuation of financial aid to Ukraine. He confirmed this early this morning, Wednesday. When asked if he plans to follow the leadership of the Senate and present the document for consideration, Johnson said no.

He said: Of course, the time has not yet come. We are engaged in the appropriations process (the coordination of expenditures for the activities of ministries and departments within the yet-to-be-approved federal budget for fiscal year 2024). We are under deadline pressure. This is what the attention of the House of Representatives is currently focused on.”

Thus, Johnson actually asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a vote in the House. In order to continue the aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the representatives rejected. >

Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republican minority in the US Senate, asked the Speaker of the House of Representatives and his party colleague, Mike Johnson, to pass the bill related to the continuation of aid to Ukraine. vote on Israel and Taiwan as soon as possible.

McConnell told Politico on Tuesday: “We’ve had a lot of rumors about whether the House [of the US Congress] We have heard whether he supports Ukraine or not. In my opinion, there is a simple way to solve [this issue] and that is voting. And I hope that the speaker will find a way to allow the representatives to express their will to help Ukraine and other parts of this bill.”

He expressed hope. That “the majority of Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives” follow their colleagues in the Senate and pass bills that allow continued aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.

At the same time, the head of the Republican faction in the upper house of Congress admitted that the provisions of the document related to the support of Kiev caused the “biggest controversy” among all the bills passed by the senators. McConnell refused to give Johnson advice or suggestions on possible ways to pass a bill aimed at continuing aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan through the House.

Singh told a news conference: “The United States has not sent new military aid packages since December 27. Ukraine has not provided. According to him, the Pentagon is counting on the approval of the aid bill to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan by the US House of Representatives.

The latest US military aid package to Ukraine is $250 million It was estimated that it was allocated in late December 2023 from the budget approved by Congress in 2022. Ukraine

Janet Yellen, the head of the United States Treasury Department, in a statement published this morning on the department’s website, emphasized that the financial support of the government The United States of Ukraine is more important than ever to preserve this country in the current situation.

He reminded: US budget assistance is more important than ever because it is inextricably linked to the success of the Ukrainian armed forces on the battlefield, and at the same time to Strengthening US national security will help.

The US Treasury Department cited Yellen’s remarks on the occasion of the US Senate’s passage of the additional aid bill to Kyiv. According to Yellen, allocating additional funds to Kyiv will be a “guarantee” to all other donors that the United States will continue to support Ukraine alongside them. He added: International partners other than the United States covered almost three quarters of Ukraine’s foreign financial needs in 2023 and will continue to do so in 2024.

The Treasury Secretary urged the US House of Representatives to support the Senate bill to help Kiev as soon as possible, because failure to do so would “undermine America’s national security”, weaken Ukraine and be a “victory for Washington’s enemies”. It will be.

Biden’s assurance of congressional support for the bill related to financial assistance to Kiev

Joe Biden, the president of the United States, announced last night, Tuesday, that he is confident of the positive vote of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress on the package of aid to Israel and Ukraine.

He said: “I want [US House of Representatives] Speaker Mike Johnson to vote on this bill immediately. Immediately. There is no doubt that the Senate bill will be approved if it is voted on in the House of Representatives, and the Speaker is aware of it.”

The President asked Johnson to Let the House of Representatives express their opinions.

Biden’s reference to the lack of ammunition in the Ukrainian army

According to the written statement of US President Joe Biden published on the White House website yesterday, US officials are receiving alarming reports that the Ukrainian army has run out of ammunition.

Biden said: “There are reports that Ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition on the front lines, while Russian forces continue to attack. The cost of inaction on helping Kiev is increasing every day, especially for Ukraine. Therefore, the approval of the financial aid bill to Kiev is very important.”

Kirby: Congress’s refusal to approve aid to Ukraine proves the unreliability of America

“If we don’t continue our support, we will send this signal,” he told a news conference. that the United States cannot be counted on not only for allies and partners, but also for possible enemies.” The United States will be the leader in the international arena and unwilling to fulfill its obligations to allies and partners.

Kirby also noted that the United States has no other option to find. It does not have the budget to support Ukraine and Israel.

Nebenzia: The West prefers to finance wars instead of helping countries develop

Vasily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations last night during an open discussion in the Security Council, expressed his opinion that the Western countries instead of trying to help the development of countries , are much more active in allocating funds to support military conflicts around the world.

This Russian diplomat said: the amount of aid provided by the United States and its allies to the countries of the global south It cannot be compared with what the West has allocated in less than two years for “proxy war” weapons against Russia, down to the last Ukrainian. According to the most conservative estimates, this amount is more than 200 billion euros. Nebenzia emphasized that it is much more appropriate to allocate this budget to help the development of countries in need of assistance. , but the West does not have such a goal.

Canada wants more time to answer Russia’s questions about the Gonko case

Oleg Stepanov, the Russian ambassador in Ottawa, announced this morning, Wednesday, that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada had a meeting with the Russian diplomat to answer Moscow’s questions about the “Gonko case” – Soldier SS Galicia “Yaroslav Gonko”, a criminal Nazi accomplice, asked for more time. This Nazi criminal Yaroslav Gonko refuses to go to Moscow. According to him, Russia’s request to extradite this person has been officially rejected due to the lack of an extradition treaty between the two countries.

In early February, the Russian ambassador in Ottawa It said that Moscow has sent a request for the extradition of Gonko to the competent Canadian authorities. Oleg Stepanov explained that this request includes a complete package of documents related to the possession of this SS soldier. is innocent in killing people.

Last September, this former SS soldier, who is now 98 years old, on the occasion of the visit of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, He was invited to the Parliament of Canada. The media published pictures in which Zelensky greeted this person during his speech and all the parliament members clapped for him.

After this scandal, Anthony The Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, Rota apologized to the people of his country for this incident, stated that he regretted his decision and resigned.

Zelensky’s confession Management problems in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Vladimir Zelenskyi, the president of Ukraine, admitted on Tuesday that Alexander Sirsky, the new commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Rostam Umarov, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, visited the military units on the battle front and gave him reports on the problems related to recruitment and management in the ranks of Ukrainian military personnel.

Zelensky emphasized on his Telegram channel: “Commander-in-Chief Sirsky and Defense Minister Umarov are now in the front line, they were at the front all day and today from all hot spots The front was visited and the situation was reported to me. They are solving the existing problems, especially in the field of recruitment, reinforcement of units and management of the situation. supply drones, increase electronic warfare equipment and strengthen defense positions.

Zelensky added that a detailed report will be prepared in this regard later.

p style=”text-align:justify”>A day ago, the British BBC TV channel pointed to the fact that war-weary Ukraine is having a serious problem finding new soldiers to send to the front. According to this report, most of those who wanted to fight were either killed, wounded or are still at the front to be joined by new forces.

Minister Hungary’s foreign ministry denied the existence of NATO threat from Russia

Peter Szijártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary announced yesterday that the Russian Federation is not one of the member states It does not threaten the North Atlantic Alliance.

In an interview with the Croatian news agency HINA, Cijarto answered a question about the possibility of Russia attacking NATO: “Why should they do that?” take action? What is the benefit of this work for Russia? Nothing.”

According to the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Russia has not threatened the security of any of the NATO member states.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that member states should prepare for a possible long-term confrontation with Russia. According to him, apparently there is no guarantee that if Moscow wins the conflict with Kiev, this conflict will not spread to other countries.

Lukashenko Draft Belarus signed the new national and military security doctrine

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, signed the resolution adopted by the Security Council of this country, which drafted the doctrine Belarus’ national security and military doctrine, which was approved in mid-January.

Lukashenko’s press office noted that the draft military doctrine, which was approved by the Security Council resolution, It reflects the fundamental changes in the military-political situation of the world and the region, the foundations of the military policy of Belarus, the national views on maintaining international peace and stability, as well as ensuring the country’s military security in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. style=”text-align:justify”>Antonov: Debate on confiscation of Russian assets intensified in the United States

Anatoly Antonov, Ambassador Russia announced in Washington last night that the discussion about confiscation of frozen Russian government stocks in the United States has intensified; while the international community will not approve such an action.

Antonov wrote on the telegram channel of the Russian Embassy: “At the same time, regardless of what pseudo-justification is here provide a law in this regard, the actual legal force of such actions will be negligible. And this action of the US government is a clear theft that certainly cannot be approved by the international community.” According to him, this issue of questioning the guarantees of immunity sovereign assets of other countries, which would mean a ticking time bomb for the Western financial and economic model.

The Russian ambassador explained that it would be difficult for US officials to The citizens of this country should explain why the taxpayers’ money should be spent to help the pockets of Kiev, and it is in such a situation that the discussion about the possible confiscation of Russian reserves has intensified.

Russian ambassador: Western leaders made a big mistake by betting on Ukraine

Andrei Klein, the Russian ambassador in London, yesterday in an interview with the network “Sky News” expressed the opinion that Western leaders made a big mistake by believing that Ukraine can win the war with Russia with their money and weapons.

Putin’s interview with Carlson on X social network exceeded 200 million views

The number of views of the interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Tucker Carlson, an American journalist, has exceeded 200 million views in less than a week since its publication on the X social network (formerly Twitter).

Currently, the number of video reposts on X network has exceeded 300,000 people; In addition, the users of this social network have given more than one million likes to this interview.

The number of views of the interview with Putin on Carlson’s YouTube channel has reached more than 16.5 million people.

The explanation of the Prime Minister of Ukraine about how to consume 60 billion dollars of US aid

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmigal announced on Tuesday that the authorities in Kiev will withdraw from the US$60 billion aid provided earlier in the day by It was approved by the United States Senate, it will be used to support the supply of weapons to the military and to fill the country’s budget. Billions of dollars will be spent on the supply of weapons, equipment and ammunition for the armed forces of Ukraine. The rest of the aid will go to direct budget support and other programs that help the Ukrainian government remain economically resilient.” He also said that Ukraine expects that The allocation of 60 billion dollars in aid should also be supported by the US House of Representatives.

The Reuters news agency reported yesterday that the aid bill to Ukraine in the US Senate had enough votes for This document has been submitted to the House of Representatives. The Democratic-led US Senate voted on a joint $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. This vote made the legislators pass the threshold of 60 votes needed to send the bill to the floor of the parliament. American diplomat: At the NATO summit in July, Ukraine Will not be invited to the alliance

Julian Smith, the permanent representative of the United States at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, announced that he does not expect at the Washington summit in In July, Ukraine should be invited to this coalition.

This American diplomat raised this issue in a video conference with reporters and said: Regarding the NATO summit this summer, I do not expect that the coalition will issue an invitation to Ukraine at this stage.

He reminded that representatives of various Western countries agree that Ukraine cannot join NATO in the near future. Join.

Elon Musk: Russia’s defeat in Ukraine war is impossible

Mask Also yesterday, in a publicly available group video chat, he said that Vladimir Putin “can’t lose in Ukraine in any way”. In this way, he agreed with the words of Senator Ron Johnson from the state of Wisconsin, who said: “People who believe that Ukraine will win the war with Russia are living in a fantasy world.”

Musk also commented on the words of Ohio Senator James Vance, who said that Joe Biden’s proposed $60 billion aid bill to Ukraine “must be destroyed.” And he said: “Spending all these costs will not help Ukraine and will only prolong it [the conflict].”

Lavrov’s distrust of Switzerland as a mediator in resolving the Ukrainian conflict

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Tuesday that there is no trust in Switzerland as a mediator in the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine.

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He said at a conference in the Valdai club: “Anyway, they are now trying to impose their mediation on Ukraine, but nothing will come of it.” “Switzerland is not a player to be trusted.”

Earlier, in early February, the Russian embassy in Bern announced that Switzerland had lost its potential as an “honest mediator” in the Ukrainian conflict resolution. and Moscow no longer sees Switzerland in such a position.

Kremlin: Putin will not participate in election debates due to a difficult work schedule

Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, announced yesterday that the decision of the presidential candidate and current head of state, Vladimir Putin, to refrain from participating in pre-election debates due to He is busy. According to him, of course, Russian citizens can see and hear Putin’s statements about the country’s problems every day, and no one is unaware of the president’s goals.

Pskov told reporters: “People have the opportunity to learn about President Putin’s views on all aspects of the country’s life every day.” Putin is the current president of the country, who has a busy and heavy schedule, and these conditions fundamentally distinguish Putin from other candidates.”

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