Biden has paid a considerable price for supporting the Ukrainian army.
On December 6, Biden said in a speech that even if Russia wins the Russian-Ukrainian war, the United States will not give up, but will continue to attack NATO countries and may even be involved in conflicts with the United States. Biden believes that in order to prevent Russia from winning the war, the United States must act.
Regarding Biden's remarks, Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov said in an interview on December 7 that the so-called "US-Russia war" remarks are pure fiction and are "horror stories" made up by Biden in order to explain to the American people the decision to provide a large amount of military aid to Ukraine.
Antonov noted that Biden's rhetoric fueled tensions in the Ukrainian crisis, and the Russian side could not accept the remarks of the United States ** blithely mentioning the possible involvement of the two countries in the war, considering it a provocative rhetoric.
It is reported that Biden's remarks were being enlisted for the support of congressional Republicans to pass a bill on military aid to Ukraine, but in the December 6 vote, the bill received only 49 votes in favor, well below the legal requirement of 60 votes.
As of mid-November, the United States had exhausted 97 percent of the $62.3 billion supplement to aid to Ukraine, according to data released by the White House. While the total value of the bills that failed to pass is $110.5 billion, about $50 billion of that has been used to provide security assistance to Ukraine.
It is noteworthy that on the same day that Congress refused to pass the new bill, the United States *** and the Ministry of Defense announced that they would again provide Ukraine with 1$7.5 billion in military aid, including a series of ** equipment such as Hippocampus guided missiles, anti-armor systems and high-speed anti-radiation missiles.
Antonov said that the latest US military aid to Ukraine proves that "Washington and its insatiable military-industrial complex" are the parties that directly benefit from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Prior to this, the United States** had circulated to members of Congress a chart detailing the distribution of about $27 billion in military aid to Ukraine, revealing how the money went to the military industry in the US states.
The White House explained that due to the need to allocate and replenish the equipment used to aid Ukraine, part of the aid funds will flow into American companies in the form of investment, procurement and other forms for the production of substitutes.
Pennsylvania, for example, received 23 percent of the $27 billion in military aid$600 million, one of the states that benefited the most. In the aforementioned vote, only three Republican members of the state's House of Representatives opposed military aid to Ukraine.
However, according to the results of the congressional vote on the 6th, due to the escalation of disputes within Congress, even if Biden tried to link the bill to aid Ukraine with the interests of Republican politicians, he still failed to persuade them to change his position.
In addition to treating Republican politicians in a threatening manner, Biden may also intend to exert some "pressure" on Europe in his speech on the 6th to prompt European allies to provide more aid to support Ukraine. This effort is all the more critical as the U.S. aid program stalls and Europe's aid package stalls.
The data shows that between August and October 2023, the aid provided by Western allies to Ukraine decreased by almost 90% compared to the same period, reaching a record low.
Europe is bound to suffer as the divisions in US politics over aid to Ukraine deepen. Without the support of the West, Zelensky will have to think about possible options for ending this conflict, since he has neither sufficient funds nor the necessary ** support. 100 help plan