US Capitol Building. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 23It is highly likely that Washington’s military assistance to Ukraine will be frozen if the Republicans win the upcoming November elections to the US Congress, Viktor Bondarev, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, believes. US Congressmen intend to adopt a law on the allocation of new military assistance to Ukraine by January 2023 in the amount of up to $ 50 billion: it is assumed that this money will be enough for the whole next year, NBC previously reported, citing unnamed congressmen and sources. that one of the main channels of foreign military aid will be blocked to Kyiv. The Democrats are deliberately dragging out armed resistance from Ukraine, they are interested in it, and now, realizing that they are losing ground, they are trying to quickly pass a law on a new tranche of military aid,» Bondarev wrote. in his Telegram channel. In his opinion, the plans of the Congress allocating $50 billion in US military aid is nothing more than «the agony of the outgoing Democrats.» The senator recalled that parliamentary elections will be held in the United States on November 8, in which the House of Representatives will be completely re-elected and the Senate by one third. According to him, polls indicate a critically low support for Democrats among Americans, and Republicans «openly speak about their unwillingness to finance the supply of weapons, military and special equipment to Ukraine.» He noted that the standard of living of Americans has decreased due to the opposition of Russia, the economic crisis caused by this and because of assistance to Ukraine. As the head of the Federation Council committee said, if Ukraine loses military assistance from outside, there will be a chance that the Kyiv authorities negotiations in the foreseeable future. «And then it will be possible to stop the bloodshed much earlier, avoid many casualties and artificially prolong the armed conflict, which is lobbied by the collective West,» Bondarev concluded. >Media: Republicans can get a majority of seats in the US CongressRussia previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted 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 Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the supreme commander, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» Putin stated that Russia has always said that it is open to negotiations on Ukraine, if Kyiv matures, then the mediation efforts of those who propose will be in demand. >Media: Democrats ask for more donations ahead of US congressional elections
