Biden in contact with Zelensky: Congress is directly responsible for the fall of “Audioka”.
In a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, the US President attributed the direct responsibility for the fall of the city of "Audioka" to the inaction of the US Congress in approving an aid package for Kyiv. |
report Mehr News Agency According to CNN, US President Joe Biden announced in a phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, that The inaction of the US Congress in approving an aid package of about 60 billion dollars for Kiev was the main reason for the fall of the city of Avdiyka in Donbass, and the responsibility for this lies directly with the Congress.
The White House statement about the phone call reads: After Ukrainian troops were forced to leave due to shortages As a result of congressional inaction to ration equipment, the Ukrainian army was forced to withdraw from Avdiyka, and Russia’s first significant achievement in months was realized. (President) Biden had emphasized the need for the immediate approval of the national security budget bill in order to renew the readiness of the Ukrainian forces.
The call came at the end of a week in which America was desperately trying to reassert its leadership. stabilize the world. The US House of Representatives has postponed the approval of the military aid package for Ukraine, while the last bastion of the strategic city of Avdiyka fell and Russia took control of it. Also, in the midst of this, the news of the death of Alexei Navalny, a critic of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia and the leader of the opposition of this country, was also published.
Biden said late on Saturday that he was not sure about the fall of other Ukrainian cities and added: It is immoral not to provide more help to the people of Ukraine who have fought so bravely and heroically!
Early this week, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan foreign aid bill worth $95.3 billion, including more than 60 approved billion dollars for Ukraine. However, Mike Johnson, the spokesman for the Republican-dominated House of Representatives, has said that he will not allow the bill to enter the floor of the House. In addition, this parliament is currently on a two-week vacation.