The US decision to provide new aid to Ukraine risks dragging on until mid-December and possibly longer, casting doubt on Washington's ability to continue supplying vital weapons.
Ukraine's supporters in Congress are fighting hard to expand the aid package, Bloomberg writes.
The earliest he could pass a new package is mid-December, nearly two months after President Joe Biden first asked for $61 billion in support for Kyiv.
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Senators from both parties plan to work in the coming days on an agreement on an aid package combined with border policy, which they can vote on after the Thanksgiving holiday, which is after November 23.
“We have to push ourselves to negotiate within the next week.” Ukrainians are running out of fuel, weapons and ammunition. Congress must act on timelines that matter, said Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat who has close ties to Biden.
Ukraine's supporters in Congress remain confident of more help from the United States. In particular, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, said that “there is no chance” that the assistance will not be approved, since “it is very important.”
And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised Democrats that the Ukraine bill would be brought up for a vote after the Thanksgiving break. Schumer also acknowledged that any package on Ukraine would include an agreement on border policy.
At the same time, Senate Spending Committee Chair Susan Collins said closed-door talks on border policy were progressing and there was hope for an agreement as early as next week.
“If we do not provide additional assistance to Ukraine by the end of the year, it will be a mistake of historic proportions,” said Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner.
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova previously explained why voting in the American Congress is not a betrayal.
According to her, the temporary budget revolution was planned and agreed upon by both parties only with government spending at the 2023 level in order to avoid blocking the work of the government, so the package for Ukraine is now being actively discussed in both chambers.
Markarova noted that the most heated discussions are around direct budgetary and humanitarian assistance, as well as funds for the southern border of the United States. This issue is tied to the support package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as South Pacific assistance.
