US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 30US President Joe Biden's request to Congress for an additional $33 billion for Ukraine will further enrich major US military contractors, but it will not have a decisive impact on Ukraine's military potential and the course of hostilities, analysts interviewed by RIA Novosti say. On Wednesday, Biden announced, that he asked Congress for an unprecedented $33 billion for Ukraine. Most of this amount — about 20.4 billion — is planned to be spent on sending new weapons. The Biden administration intends to direct the rest of the funds to economic and humanitarian support. The US defense is in the black As former senior Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor notes, it is not Ukraine that will be most affected by this colossal aid package, but the largest manufacturers of weapons and military equipment USA. «The immediate result of this step will be the further enrichment of the shareholders of the US defense industry, as well as the politicians who represent their interests in Washington,» McGregor told RIA Novosti.
Residents of the United States called for «keep Biden on a leash» because of military assistance to Kiev. According to him, the additional military assistance that the Biden administration is preparing to send to Ukraine will have a minimal impact on the course of ongoing hostilities in the country. «With very few exceptions, the vast majority of vehicles and weapons sent to Ukraine will have the most modest impact on the course of hostilities in eastern Ukraine,» the retired U.S. soldier added. Risk of a escalating crisis The new aid package for Kyiv, while boosting the U.S. military-industrial complex, also increases the chances of the Ukraine conflict escalating into an even bigger crisis , says American historian and political commentator Dan Lazar. «In my opinion, the allocation of $ 33 billion is a sign that this war is transforming from a regional conflict between Ukraine and Russia into an international conflict between Russia and NATO, in particular the United States,» the analyst said. .Lazar is inclined to believe that Oh, by asking Congress for even more help for Kyiv, the US President is showing only «irresponsibility and recklessness».Lavrov: US and NATO should stop arms supplies to Ukraine «The more fuel Biden pours on the fire, the more likely the war will spread beyond its original borders. If Moldova is somehow dragged into this in a wave of mysterious explosions in Transnistria, it is obvious what will follow,» the agency's interlocutor said. According to his forecast, such a development of events could provoke a «chain reaction» throughout Europe and the involvement of various countries in the region in the conflict. Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contain weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />Antonov: US military assistance to Kyiv does not contribute to the settlement in Ukraine
