On December 7, comprehensive foreign media reported that in order to urge the U.S. Congress to allocate funds to Ukraine, Biden issued a warning on the 6th local time, saying that even if Russia wins the special military operation, it will not "stop". Yet on the same day, Republicans voted to block a bill for emergency spending related to Ukraine. According to the analysis, the move has seriously affected Biden's efforts to replenish funds for allies by the end of the year.
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According to Reuters, Biden said on December 6 local time that if Russia wins the special military operation, he will not "stop". Biden believes that the Russian side will attack the NATO allies, and then "we will get something that we don't want, what we don't have today: the US military fights the Russian army." He also said that Russia cannot be allowed to "win."
Biden also revealed that he is willing to make a "significant" compromise on immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to enlist Republican support, but at the same time said that Republicans will not get everything they want. Biden did not provide further details.
However, on the same day, US Republicans blocked an emergency spending bill involving aid to Ukraine, requiring strict new restrictions on the border in exchange. According to the analysis, the move seriously affects Biden's efforts to replenish funds for U.S. allies by the end of the year.
According to CBS, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, pushed through a procedural vote on an emergency spending bill. The result of the vote was 49 votes to 51, which failed to meet the required 60 vote threshold. It is reported that the bill is expected to provide tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.
According to an analysis by The New York Times, the failure of the vote highlights that while Kyiv's ** failed to achieve its goals and the Russian army launched an offensive, U.S. support for continued aid to Ukraine is weakening. On the one hand, the resistance to the bill in Congress reflects the waning interest of Republicans in supporting Ukraine, and on the other hand, polls also show that Americans are losing interest in providing financial assistance.
The report also pointed out that the frustration of the bill in the Senate means that Ukraine is very likely not to receive additional assistance from the United States before the end of 2023.
For some time now, the White House and Ukraine** have been sounding the alarm and telling lawmakers that Ukraine will run out of resources to resist the Russian army by the end of the year if it does not get a large amount**. U.S. adviser Jake Sullivan also said in an interview on December 6 that if Congress does not approve additional funding as soon as possible, Ukraine's "forward and defensive capabilities will be severely limited."
A few days ago, Saranda Young, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, issued a similar urgent warning in a "bluntly worded" letter, saying that "we are running out of money and running out of time." As of mid-November, the U.S. Department of Defense had used 97 percent of the $62.3 billion in additional funding it received,* having used all of the $4.7 billion in military assistance it had allocated.
Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov previously said that sooner or later Western countries such as the United States and Europe will get tired of providing support to Ukraine, which will lead to internal Western support.