The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it.

In a letter to House and Senate leaders and also released publicly, Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young warned the U.S. will run out of funding to send weapons and assistance to Ukraine by the end of the year, saying that would “kneecap” Ukraine on the battlefield.

She added that the U.S. already has run out of money that it has used to prop up Ukraine’s economy, and “if Ukraine’s economy collapses, they will not be able to keep fighting, full stop.”

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I did search and found multiple sources saying two days. I don’t speak Russian so I have to take the journalists’ word for it. He says now if the west stopped backing Ukraine, it would be over in a week.

    After which we all know he will move on to Poland and the rest of Europe.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, because he has also literally said they would knock over Poland. And by they, Russian elites not necessarily putin. His essay was telling however.