US State Department: “Ukrainian bipartisan support remains firm, regardless of the results of the mid-term elections … Continue to provide the necessary support”

“I am confident that US support for Ukraine will remain steadfast and unwavering, regardless of the outcome of the US mid-term elections,” a senior US State Department official said Monday.

“There were some voices in Congress with different views, but Congress represents many different views and we know clearly of our continued support for Ukraine,” said Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, during a special online briefing today. I think there is, “she said.

This is in response to the question of whether aid to Ukraine will be reduced if Republicans win a majority in Congress following today’s mid-term elections in the United States (8th).

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on a visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kiev (Russian name Kyiv) on the 4th: “We plan to make sure we have the resources we need and to do so we will need support. both Democrats and Republicans will do it, “I said.

■ “Clear bipartisan support for Ukraine’s support”

“There is clearly bipartisan support for the assistance the United States is providing to Ukraine, and we will be there as long as it takes some time,” another senior US official told reporters on the 8th.

“There is strong bipartisan bipartisan support to assist the Ukrainian people in times of need and that support will continue for as long as necessary,” he added.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the United Nations, visited Cuiu on the 8th to reaffirm US support.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield tweeted that “in my meeting with President Zelensky, I made it clear that the US commitment to Ukraine remains unchanged.”

“We are committed to continuing our work at the United Nations, strengthening international support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and urging member states to uphold international law,” spokesman Nate Evans said in a statement shortly after the meeting.

■ Republicans are likely to get a majority in the House of Representatives

Beginning on the 9th, with the US midterm election tally going in the House of Representatives, the opposition Republican Party is expected to take the majority position from the ruling Democrats.

In this case, Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy is likely to take over as House Speaker.

President McCarthy said on the 18th of last month that he would not write a blank check for Ukraine due to the economic downturn.

A battle is underway in the Senate.

Different from the initial forecast before the elections that the Democratic Party would be at the head of both the House and the Senate.

The Washington Post commented: “The Republican Party only secured a limited number of seats and the two parties were in balance in Congress.”

The election will elect 35 seats out of 100 in the Senate, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 out of 50 governors.

At the same time as an “interim evaluation” of US President Joe Biden, it can serve as an opportunity to reorganize major policies according to the outcome.

This is Jongsu Oh from VOA News.