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.”

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    11 months ago

    LOL what happened to all the articles saying Russia was Donezo two year ago? America is Donezo.

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      11 months ago

      ~5% of the US’s military budget worth of mostly old equipment was enough to halt Ruzzia. But keep coping all you want vatnik.

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      11 months ago

      Just a generation getting first-hand experience with being manipulated by propaganda.

      You know who wants more weapons for Ukraine? Those profiting off of the military-industrial complex.