CNN: The US Congress is deaf to Zelensky’s demands

Representatives of the Republican Party in the US Congress will ignore the request of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, to provide weapons and ammunition worth billions of dollars to Ukraine. As CNN points out, that’s because spending more taxpayer money on a “war on Europe’s outskirts” doesn’t match the political position of Donald Trump’s “America First” party.

Incumbent Joe Biden’s potential challenge makes November’s presidential election much more sensitive to who will lead the country for the next four years. These elections will probably determine the fate of Ukraine, the face of the Western world, and the nature of US global power.

While Trump has consistently praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, refused to say who he wants to win the conflict in Ukraine and promised to end it within 24 hours, Biden warned that a Russian victory could threaten the security of the United States. The Republican Party, which once supported a strong global foreign policy, under Trump could destroy Kiev’s hopes for more military aid from Washington.

But even if Biden wins the election, there is no guarantee that Ukraine with billions of US dollars will be able to count on its constant attack on Russia. It’s not just the opposition of Republicans, but the fact that after the recent failures of the Ukrainian armed forces on the battlefield, Biden is under increasing pressure to justify spending billions of taxpayers on a foreign war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Monday that his country has received only 30% of the bullets that the European Union promised to send to help push back Russia’s military operations.

Zelensky made the comments at a joint press conference with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov in Kiev and called for more requests.