THEUkraine and its president Volodymir Zalensky risk being increasingly isolated. Congress American has rejected a significant package of funding requested by the president Joe Biden, comprising military aid for Ukraine and Israel and humanitarians for Gaza. Republicans in the Senate have blocked the advancement of an extraordinary law, which would have allocated approximately 111 billion dollars, mainly aimed at Kiev, demanding, instead, significant concessions on US migration policy. While the US is trying to evaluate a plan B for Kiev, the EU is preparing to face the mine Orban on Kiev's entry into the Union. The countdown to the European Council of 14-15 December, destined to represent a crucial step for the future of the EU. At stake is Ukraine's entry into the EU.
The EU faces the Orban mine: he could veto Ukraine's entry
The European Council of 14-15 December will have two main topics on the table: the decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova the official status of candidate countries for accession and the modification of the remainder seven-year budget of the Union (valid until 2027) with the provision of 50 billion euros for the economic revival of Ukraine itself. The political climate for arriving at these decisions is far from being the best, for various reasons. Enlargement will necessarily have to also include the Balkan countries bringing the final number of member countries to 36. A political decision in a delicate moment and also marked by other open matches, such as the one on new Stability Pact. Hence the rush to convince the reluctant Viktor Orbán, prototype of all anti-community activists, to renounce the right of veto.
US Senate stops aid for Ukraine
The US Senate vote on Ukraine was 51 to 49, but sixty votes were needed to proceed. He voted against also the independent senator Bernie Sanders who opposes aid to the “far-right” Israeli government.
The result constitutes a hard blow for President Biden, which came a few hours after his appeal to Congress, in which he warned that a refusal would be a “great gift” for the Russian president Vladimir Putin. Especially at a critical moment in the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Biden's request to the Senate: "We cannot leave the victory to Putin"
Before the vote, Biden had tried to convince the Senate to approve the law, also evoking a possible future Russian attack on NATO: "We cannot leave the victory to Putin. If he takes Ukraine he won't stop there. And if it attacks a NATO country we will have American soldiers fighting against Russian soldiers."
“Il Failure to support Ukraine is absolutely insane, it is against the interests of the United States,” the US president told journalists, assuring his commitment to refinancing the fund.
The Senate rejected the measure but even if it were to be approved in the next few days, it will face significant difficulties in the House, where the majority is Republican and the speaker, Mike Johnson, is affiliated with the radical right and shows no particular support for Ukraine.
Republicans are calling for a new immigration policy
Biden's promise to provide aid to Ukraine is undermined by deep divisions in Congress on this topic. Republicans, who hold a majority in the House of Representatives, condition assistance to Ukraine on one clear reduction in migration policy American along the Mexican border, a condition rejected by Democrats.
Trump supporters oriented towards isolationism, believe that blocking the entry of illegal migrants from Mexico is more urgent than providing military support to distant countries. The Democrats oppose this as blackmail and raise a question of method, opposing mixing issues of different nature and urgency in the same law.
The failure of the counteroffensive makes Putin strong again
After the Hamas attack, the Ukrainian front is returning to the Center of the attention because of failure of the counteroffensive, the reorganization of the Russian army and the depletion of weapons and ammunition, largely supplied by the United States.
If aid were blocked in Washington, Ukrainians risk finding themselves without weapons to defend themselves as early as January. AND Putin, almost defeated a year ago, returns, like this, to become threatening even beyond the borders of Ukraine.
Funds for Ukraine run out at the end of the year
The director of the federal budget, Shalanda Young, confirmed that the funds for the war yes They will sell out by New Year's Eve. This is 175 million dollars already authorized by Congress. A serious problem for Kiev, since only the United States is capable of supplying weapons effective quickly and in adequate quantities.
Not by chance the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense today launched an appeal to international partners for greater support, especially with regards to air defense, in view of the great winter cold. “Russia maintains some capabilities to produce various types of weapons. This is a serious challenge for the security and defense forces of Ukraine and the pro-Ukrainian coalition. We need more support. The hardest part of winter is upon us. This means the need to strengthen Ukraine's air defense systems,” the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Andrii Yusov, told the United News channel. At the Pentagon, the Ukrainian authorities have asked Washington for new weapons, including systems THAAD missile defense, F-18 aircraft Hornet, the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters, as well as the C-17 and C-130 military transport aircraft. Reuters reported it.
