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Senior US official visits Ukraine amid uncertainty over Washington's aid

2024-01-31 17:46:10, Kosova & Bota CNA

Senior US official visits Ukraine amid uncertainty over Washington's aid

US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday for talks, amid growing uncertainty over US economic and military aid to Kiev as the war with Russia enters its third year.

" Today we will meet with government leaders, veterans, and civil society to underscore our shared commitment to defeating Russian aggression in Ukraine ," US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink wrote on the X social media platform.

She posted a photo of Ms Nuland at Kiev's central railway station.

Ukraine is highly dependent on the support of its Western allies to face the full-scale Russian offensive launched on February 24, 2022.

So far this year, Kiev has received no military or financial aid from its two main backers, the United States and the European Union.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff has said that delaying US aid to Kiev would create a "big risk" for Ukraine to lose the war with Russia.

President Joe Biden's administration asked Congress in October 2023 for nearly $106 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel and security issues on the country's southern border with Mexico. But Republicans, who control the House of Representatives with a small majority, oppose approving the package as a bloc, opposing aid to Kiev./ VOA





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