With US funding stalled in Congress, how else might Ukraine be armed and funded?
has finally announced plans to bring a package on military aid for Ukraine – which has stalled for months due to Republican scepticism – to a vote in the House of Representatives.the $95bn aid bill that was originally passed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote in February into four separate bills. Each of these would go to an individual vote.
Many Republicans will also want to be allowed to make amendments to the bill. But Democrats may join Republicans in support of procedural movements and some of the bills themselves. For months, Ukraine has grappled with three pressing challenges: insufficient ammunition, a scarcity of experienced troops amid mounting casualties, and dwindling air defence missiles.Russian forces currently aiming to capture the strategically important town of Chasiv Yar.
The plan is seen as a temporary measure to fill Ukraine’s ammunition gap, until Europe can produce enough ammunition on its own. The EU has previously admitted that it expected to meet only 52% of a target set last year to deliver a million shells by March.Earlier this month, Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, proposed an unprecedented five-year, 100bn euro package of military aid to Ukraine.
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