In a speech on December 6, Biden claimed that Russia will not be satisfied with this if it wins the Russian-Ukrainian war, and will continue to attack NATO countries, and may even break out into war with the United States, so the United States must prevent Russia from gaining the upper hand in this war.
In an interview with reporters on December 7, Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov criticized Biden's remarks as a fabrication of "horror stories" in order to explain to the American public that it is right to provide Ukraine with a large amount of military aid to restrain Russia.
Antonov believes that Biden's rhetoric is exacerbating tensions in the Ukrainian crisis, and that the flippant proposal of a possible war between the two countries is completely unsubstantiated and an intolerable provocation for Russia.
Biden reportedly made his remarks at the time of trying to persuade Republicans in Congress to pass a military aid bill for Ukraine, but the result was not as expected.
In the Dec. 6 congressional vote, the bill received only 49 votes in favor, and the law requires at least 60 votes in favor of the bill to move on to the next step.
As of mid-November, the United States had used 97 percent of the $62.3 billion in additional aid to Ukraine, according to data released by the White House, while the total of the bill that failed to pass was $110.5 billion, of which about $50 billion was for security assistance to Ukraine.
On the same day that Congress vetoed the new bill, the United States *** and the Department of Defense announced that the United States would once again provide Ukraine with 1$7.5 billion in military aid, including a series of ** equipment such as Hippocampus missiles, anti-tank systems and high-speed anti-radiation missiles.
Antonov said that the latest U.S. military aid to Ukraine proves that "Washington and its military-industrial complex" are the direct beneficiaries of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
At the end of November, the United States** distributed a map of the distribution of "recipient states of military aid to Ukraine" to members of Congress, detailing how about $27 billion in military aid to Ukraine was converted into investment in the military industry of dozens of states in the United States.
The White House explained that the United States has allocated ** equipment from the existing inventory to assist Ukraine, so it needs to be replenished, so part of the funds used to aid Ukraine will flow into the pockets of American companies in the form of investment, ** procurement, etc., for the production of substitutes.
Pennsylvania, for example, was the state that benefited the most from about $27 billion in military aid, with 23$600 million, while in the previous vote, the state had eight Republican members of the House of Representatives, of whom only three opposed military aid to Ukraine.
However, judging by the results of the congressional vote on the 6th, due to the intensification of internal divisions in Congress, Biden has not been able to convince them to change their position even if he combines the bill to aid Ukraine with the interests of Republican politicians.
In addition to "threatening" Republican politicians, Biden's remarks on the 6th may also have the intention of "intimidating" Europe, hoping that European allies will provide more aid to Ukraine, because as the US plan to aid Ukraine is in trouble, Europe's plan to aid Ukraine is also deadlocked.
According to the data, between August and October 2023, the aid provided by Western allies to Ukraine fell by nearly 90% compared to the same period, which is already the lowest level in history.
In the event of deeper disagreements in American political circles on the issue of aid to Ukraine, Europe will also be affected, and without the support of the West, Ukraine** Zelensky will have to think about a plan to end this conflict.