MOSCOW, May 14th. Ukrainian officials will plunder $40 billion in US military aid, Republican Congressman Matt Goetz said. His words are quoted by CNS News. «They are ready to send billions to Kyiv and line the pockets of corrupt officials. <…> We are gradually sliding into war, while the American people remain in the dark. <…> rifles (in Afghanistan. — Ed.). Now we are rushing into battle with a power that has six thousand nuclear warheads, «the politician said. Earlier, Goetz voted against the Lend-Lease bill, which simplifies the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. At the end April, US President Joe Biden asked Congress to allocate $ 33 billion to support Kyiv. In the legislature, this amount was increased to 40 billion. Russia has repeatedly pointed to Western attempts to prolong the conflict in Ukraine by supplying weapons there. The defense ministry warned that the cargo would become legitimate targets for the Aerospace Forces on the territory of a neighboring state. Moscow launched a special 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 the demilitarization and denazification of Kyiv, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for bloody deeds against civilians in Donbass. >May 13, 15:07 «Not a cent to Zelensky!» Another US congressman refused to arm Ukraine
