Coinciding with Ukraine's Independence Day, the U.S. administration has unveiled an extensive support package aimed at reinforcing Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression. President Joe Biden announced sanctions targeting nearly 400 entities and individuals linked to Russia's ongoing war efforts. Additionally, the U.S. will deliver another wave of military aid to Kyiv, including crucial ammunition, artillery rounds, and medical supplies.
However, the relatively modest volume of this latest military shipment suggests that the U.S. might be slowly stepping back from a conflict that is increasingly seen as unwinnable. This shift could intensify pressure on European nations, particularly as Germany also appears to be reconsidering its level of involvement. Europe may soon need to ramp up its own contributions to fill the gap left by waning American support.
Biden emphasized America's unwavering support for Ukraine in a recent conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, pledging continued assistance at every step of their struggle. But with the U.S. potentially reducing its role, the burden may soon fall more heavily on European shoulders.
This latest round of aid, valued at approximately $125 million, follows previous tranches approved by Congress, bringing the total U.S. military support to over $61 billion. The sanctions, targeting key sectors like Russia's energy industry, are designed to cripple the Russian war economy by freezing assets and barring transactions with U.S. citizens or entities.
Looks like Trump would walk away from Ukraine and hand it over to his buddy war criminal Putin.
Jokes on Putin caus Ukraine costs hundreds of billions of dollars to be with.
Also, governments are allowed to wage war against each other whether you like it or not.
Truth is if Putin wins Ukraine things do not stop there...whether you like it or not.
That depends on the amount of goodwill the west will have left at that point
Also the west is going broke among other things by waging war against Russia, by proxy which is less effecient, and right on russias border which has asymmetrical logistics challenges and costs. So if the west was smart it would want Russia to come to them. But no. But it is what it is.
But lets talk about Russia.
Russia just wants to do business, and strengthen its brand. Its not interested in "world domination". Well it is, but not by conquest and war. It wants to do it culturally and economically. And it is. Why/How? Because it "stood up" to USA/EU militarily, but also seems to be doing fine despite their sanctions. Say what you want but this gives Russia respect!
Not sure who respects Russia anymore .
Many may feel sorry for the citizens trapped under the despotic rule of war criminal Putin.
China certainly enjoy having Russia now beholden to them for access to banking and oil and gas sales.
Without Chinas support Russia would collapse.
Putin has made Russia Chinas beholden oil and gas supplier and proxy war waging poodle.
What a sad loser clown Putin is.
He will be gone by mid winter.
Lol. And who is censoring free speech right in front of Your eyes and crashing economically? You should stop repeating Your political parasites' propaganda
And that is wrong
Easy to say 'that is wrong'- rather harder to provide a fact based reasoned retort that convincingly argues that 'that is wrong'.
So if Russia wins in Ukraine that will not signal to China that the US and West lack the determination to resist the seizure of Taiwan?
If you believe that you have failed to read The New Yorker article...and are thus ignorant of several relevant facts.
Another support package?
Oh, they are finally seeing the war as unwinnable?
61 billion is still a lot....and we will have no return on our investment.
That is all money we have flushed down the toilet.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/russia-and-china-unveil-a-pact-against-america-and-the-west
China and Russia signed a pact to support each others claims upon Ukraine and Taiwan respectively, days before Putins invasion of Ukraine.
If Russia gains Ukraine it will be Chinas turn to seize Taiwan.
And does it end after that?
I didnt even know they signed something like that.
Even if Russia gets Ukraine, its getting an empty husk.
Its going to take forever for them to establish control.
Yes the pact was hardly reported in MSM...The New Yorker is the only outlet I have seen who covered it at the time in any depth.
The growing alliance between Iran Russia and headed by China is not reported a lot.
There's a lot of denial across the MSM and populace.
Perhaps because USA cannot declare war on China without collapsing many of its largest corporations who are reliant upon the Chinese manufacturing base via the Trading with the Enemy Act?
the intelligent policy of isolating Russia has really pushed the states together. the BRICS are gaining more and more momentum due to the West's stupid policies.
Brics will collapse soon.
If china cant hold their economy together, its just going to get worse.
Russia will have a lot to rebuild after the war. Win or lose.
Can you name a single significant economy globally that can afford to cease trading with China without losing considerable economic advantage.
Just one?
I suggest you cannot.
China has won the trade war.
What follows is arguable.
Nope you could not name a single one.
Not won. But they're gaining relative strenght fast
Oh believe me one thing: before this happens the Eurozone will be in big trouble
The EU is already in trouble.
We are just waiting for the dominos.
The pact was signed Before the invasion and subsequent sanctions.
IMO the Chinese now believe they can assert their will and are testing the limits.
With Russia and Iran as solid allies and many other nations including the BRICS as likely to support China it will be an interesting contest.
It cannot be ruled out that the US/West comes under Chinese hegemony.
Ukraine is but an opening gambit in what is likely to be a lengthy process.
please don't fall for the propaganda of the neocons. Russia will never take over Ukraine and then control it. This is about the strategically important regions, which have a Russian cultural influence anyway, and the influence on the government in Kiev not to join NATO.
They are just going to take what they want?
Didnt that happen with the kremlin or something?
It's stupid neocon propaganda. The russians aren't NATO
You read the 'New Yorker' without laughing ? It's comedy
Which of the facts in the article do you contest?
The New Yorker appears to have been one of it not the only MSM outlets to have covered the pact between Russia and China which presaged the Ukraine invasion.
You can mock my source but you cannot refute the facts in the article.
BTW I know little about the New Yorker except that they covered this news event while others failed to, but challenge you to demonstrate why you ridicule it as a source when you cannot refute the content of the article?
Do you simply shoot the messenger when confronted with inconvenient facts?
anyone who seriously claims that Russia would want to attack other countries outside Ukraine has either lost their mind or is doing the business of the neocons and the British. this is not worthy of comment
You are putting up strawmen rather than addressing the facts an issues I Have raised.
Facts and issues you cannot refute.
China and Russia signed a mutual support pact days before Putin invaded Ukraine
The pact confirms mutual support for their claims toward Ukraine and Taiwan.
If Ukraine falls, due to insufficient resistance from the 'west' then it is probable that Taiwan would be next.
Think of what Merkel Macron told the MSM about the Minsk treaty
Well, I guess with the Maidan coup they understood that UK/US were playing false
Can you respond to the facts and issues raised in the New Yorker article?
It seems not.
China and Russia have entered a pact to challenge the West and Russia goes first invading Ukraine.
Pending the result of the Ukraine excursion, Taiwan is next.
Speculation~ Trump will hand Ukraine to his handler Putin.
China subsequently attempt to take Taiwan, if successful the US has lost its global hegemony and China is at least on an equal if not superior footing to Uncle Sam.
Putin keeps calling the conflict a special operation instead of a war and has kept military spending below 6% of Russia's GDP. If his plan is to invade Western Europe the country is really not prepared for it. More likely is a regional conflict turned into a blood bath because of US interventionism fuelled by unrestricted credit
Putin has no plans to invade Western Europe. That was never his plan. His redline has always been NATO enlargement
And killing russians in Donbas
I thought the total was higher than 61 billion. Over 200 billion?
They are reducing their contribution drastically
Defenitly USA will do