According to information available to the newspaper, during the meeting, Byrnes informed Zelensky about his expectations regarding “Russia’s military plans in the coming weeks and months.”
On the other hand, for Zelenskiy and the representatives of the Ukrainian intelligence service, the main question of the meeting was how long Ukraine will be able to count on the military assistance of the United States and Western countries, after the Republicans won the majority in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.
Burns noted the urgency of the moment on the battlefield, and also admitted that at some point help will be more difficult to get, according to sources in “The Washington Post”.
After the meeting, Zelenskiy and his aides were left with the impression that the support for Kyiv from the US President Joe Biden’s administration remains strong, but the funding for Ukraine will be sufficient at least until July or August, the publication’s interlocutors say.
According to them, now Kyiv is less convinced that the US Congress will pass another multi-billion additional military aid package to Ukraine.
At the end of December, US President Joe Biden signed the bill for the 2023 budget of 1.7 trillion dollars. In addition, 44.9 billion dollars of them will be allocated to help Ukraine and NATO members.
