Ukrainian troops are starting to run out of ammunition as Republicans in Congress continue to block a huge US war aid package requested by President Joe Biden, a senior White House official said today.
“We have received increasing reports that Ukrainian troops are rationing or even running out of ammunition on the front lines” as Russian forces attack from the ground and air, said national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
He said both America’s allies and adversaries were “watching this closely.”
Sullivan urged the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives to follow the Senate’s lead and quickly pass the multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
‘We cannot afford to wait any longer. “Every day comes at a cost to the people of Ukraine and to the national security interests of the United States of America,” Sullivan added.
“We have received increasing reports that Ukrainian troops are rationing or even running out of ammunition on the front lines as Russian forces attack from the ground and air,” said national security adviser Jake Sullivan (File photo)
Ukrainian troops are starting to run out of ammunition as Republicans in Congress continue to block a huge US war aid package requested by President Joe Biden, a senior White House official said today.
‘The risks are increasing. The costs of inaction are also increasing every day,” he said.
It comes as Republicans criticized Foreign Secretary David Cameron for his “immature” comparison of Republican lawmakers against sending more aid to Ukraine for the “weak” appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s.
Lord Cameron implored Republicans not to obstruct additional military aid packages for Ukraine, equating such a move with appeasing Hitler before the invasion of Poland that sparked World War II.
The Senate approved a $95 billion foreign aid package that will send more than $60 billion to Ukraine and $14 billion to Israel.
However, it faces an uncertain future in the House after Speaker Mike Johnson said he does not plan to bring it to the floor for a vote.
The former Prime Minister criticized the Republican Party in a sensational op-ed on Capitol Hill.
He said: “I don’t want us to show the weakness shown against Hitler in the 1930s.”
Republicans hit back at the Foreign Secretary, saying that the UK has not paid its fair share anyway to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
American taxpayers have already sent approximately $113 billion since the start of the conflict two years ago.
‘That’s hilarious. ‘David Cameron can kiss my ass,’ Greene, who is against sending additional funds to Ukraine, told DailyMail.com.
Republicans hit back at David Cameron, saying the UK has not paid its fair share to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
Lord Cameron speaks during a press conference at the Council of Ministers headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria
A Ukrainian serviceman from the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade prepares for combat in a Challenger 2 tank at an undisclosed location near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, February 12, 2024.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., called Lord Cameron’s statement “laughable” and added that he has “great disdain for such an immature opinion.”
Republicans who oppose sending more aid to Ukraine are concerned about signing a “blank check” with no clear benchmarks for ending the war.
Republican Mike Waltz, R-Fla., told DailyMail.com that it would be “nice” if “our British friends paid more attention to demanding that the rest of Europe contribute their fair share rather than demanding that the United States write a check in white”. .
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, asked: “Where is the UK in all of this?”
Over the weekend, Donald Trump sparked chaos after suggesting at a campaign rally on Saturday that Russia could “do whatever it wants” to NATO members that don’t pay their annual dues, which represent two percent of the GDP by country.
Of the 31 NATO countries, only 11 paid the two percent of GDP funding requirement required in 2023.
Roy said that due to the fact that the United States has spent much more than Europe on sending lethal aid to Ukraine, he will not stand by while the United Kingdom tries to “lecture us.”
“We are not afraid to do what we have to do around the world when necessary, but continuing to fund and continue endless conflicts, which is what we have been doing for the better part of two decades in this country, is not our business. national security interest. And I don’t think it’s in the interest of the people of Ukraine,” Roy told DailyMail.com.
Lord Cameron compared GOP members helping Ukraine to Hitler’s ‘weak’ appeasers in the 1930s
Artillery shells are seen heading towards Bakhmut, as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 13, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers prepare L119 artillery in the direction of Bakhmut, as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 13, 2024.
He says Biden needs to determine a clear “mission” in the war and then the United States could fairly approve additional funding.
“The administration does not have a clear mission,” he said.
In 2023, the United States spent $860 billion on defense spending, contributing 3.49 percent of its GDP to military initiatives, well above the 2 percent threshold set by NATO.
The White House called Trump’s words “appalling and unhinged” and argued that they “promoted dangerous chaos” and other critics said his rhetoric is “music to Putin’s ears.”
But the former president’s allies praised his threats and said they should be taken seriously.