Top White House budget official warns of 'dire' situation on Ukraine aid
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President Joe Biden’s top budget official is warning in stark terms about how lawmakers are running out of time to approve new aid for Ukraine.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top budget official warned in stark terms Friday about the rapidly diminishing time that lawmakers have to replenish U.S. aid for Ukraine, as the fate of that money to Kyiv remains tied up in negotiations over immigration where a deal has so far been out of reach.

Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, stressed that there is no avenue to help Ukraine aside from Congress approving additional funding to help Kyiv as it fends off Russia in a war that is now nearly two years old. While the Pentagon has some limited authority to help Kyiv absent new funding from Capitol Hill, “that is not going to get big tranches of equipment into Ukraine,” Young said Friday.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      1 year ago

      Russia has never been serious about negotiating. Also, they can just leave, maybe blame the actual imperialist invader?

        • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          It was the Russians who violated the Minsk agreements. Ukraine was never going to join NATO. Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin was mad they wouldn’t join his little Eurasian Economic Union shithole. He thought that “American influence” had lost him his Ukrainian subjects, and threw a hissy fit.

          Ukraine is an independent democracy, and the Russian speakers in Ukraine will never forgive Russia for slaughtering them.

          • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldEnglish
            23·
            1 year ago

            This is completely false. Also, Ukraine has been begging to join NATO since Russia invaded. Western Europe rightfully refused to allow their inclusion (because it’d start WW3) and told them it was tough luck that the Ukrainian Regime was foolish enough to believe the Brits and Americans. They should’ve gone along with the peace negotiations Russia offered in 2022 or just honored the Minks agreements.

            • Syringe@lemmy.worldEnglish
              22·
              1 year ago

              It must be really hard to type while you’re gargling Putin cock. Your objectively demonstrable lies constitute a deliberate spread of disinformation. Go piss up rope.

            • Syringe@lemmy.worldEnglish
              22·
              1 year ago

              It must be really hard to type while you’re gargling Putin cock. You’re lies constitute a deliberate spread of disinformation. Go piss up rope.

            • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
              22·
              1 year ago

              No.

              Ukrainian polling has consistently shown that Ukraine did not want to join NATO before Russia invaded in 2014. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich gave a 25-year lease of Sevastopol to Russia in 2010 in order to give guarantees that Ukraine wouldn’t join NATO. US President Barack Obama constantly said Ukraine wouldn’t join NATO.

              Nobody wanted Ukraine to join NATO up until the Russia invasion of 2014.

              Heres a really good video by Sarcasmitron on YouTube talking about the history of Russia and NATO post-USSR.

              https://youtu.be/FVmmASrAL-Q