US President Joe Biden, in an address on Wednesday, called on members of Congress to support additional funding for Ukraine and other American allies before the Christmas holidays, after which lawmakers will no longer meet this year.
Source: “European truth”
Details: According to Biden, approval of additional aid to Ukraine “cannot wait any longer”: “Congress must approve additional funding for Ukraine before the Christmas break. It’s very simple.”
According to the US President, by refusing to do this, Congress “shows a desire to give Putin the biggest gift,” recalling Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine – from the kidnapping of children to the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
Direct speech: “If Putin takes over Ukraine, he will not stop there. It is important to look at it in the long term. He will continue the offensive, and he has been clear about this.
He will attack a NATO ally, and we, as a NATO member, are obliged to defend every inch of the territory of the Alliance, and something will happen that we do not want and that does not exist now – American troops who will fight Russian troops.”
More details: The American president stressed that the United States cannot allow Russia to win, and its inability to help Ukraine “clearly strengthens Putin’s position.”
What preceded:
The day before, Democrats in the US Senate introduced a national security funding package worth about $111 billion to provide assistance to Ukraine and Israel, as well as measures aimed at protecting the southern border. Let us remind you that the issue of protecting the US southern border has become a key source of disagreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, which is now slowing down the approval of an additional financial request from the White House for assistance to Ukraine. Republicans are calling for stricter entry requirements to stop migration, even at the cost of violating U.S. humanitarian obligations, while Democrats are calling for a comprehensive overhaul of the immigration system itself.
2023-12-06 18:05:51
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