US sanctions aid for Ukraine, but this tranche may be the last…
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Joe Biden-led United States administration sanctioned military aid for the war torn country. However, this could be the ‘last’ aid the western country has available without fresh approval from US Congress, where talks have stalled. The latest tranche from the US for the includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons.
The military aid cost the US coffers some $250million ( ₹20,794,046,000). On the war front, Ukraine's much publicised counter-offensive in the eastern border with Russia has stalled, the line of control changed. This faces risk of complete seizure if the aids from Washington, and Europe stop pouring in.
In the event of little to no aid from Western countries, Vladimir Putin will be able to push forth, and lay hands on Ukraine, beyond Crimea. US faced trouble in treasury, after they started funding Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel in their “right to defend" against Gaza's Hamas fighters. This was lunged on US while they had already been funding Ukraine in their counter offensive against Russia.
Vladimir Putin had in 2022 February launched a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine's eastern part, which saw thousand Ukrainians displaced, and thousands dead. An emergency spending measure that would have provided $50bn for Ukraine and $14bn for Israel was defeated in the Senate earlier this month, with every Republican voting against it - along with Bernie Sanders. The latest military aid from US to Ukraine will see the weapons pulled from existing Pentagon stocks, a move which does not need Congressional approval.
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