MOSCOW, Oct. 30 Bipartisan delegation of the US House of Representatives to During her visit to Kiev, she discussed with Vladimir Zelensky and his team the priority defense needs of the Ukrainian army, the congressmen stated that they were aware of the shortage of 155 mm caliber shells from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, answering that Israel also needed them, the press service of Zelensky’s Office reported.
It is reported that on Monday Zelensky received a bipartisan delegation of the US House of Representatives, consisting of James French Gill, Michael Quigley and Stephen Lynch, visiting Kiev.
«During the meeting, issues of continuing effective and comprehensive support for Ukraine from the United States were discussed. Zelensky informed the American delegation in detail about the situation on the front line and the priority needs of the Ukrainian defense forces,» says a message published on the Office's website Zelensky.
In turn, Michael Quigley (Democrat from Illinois) confirmed that from time to time “very unpleasant situations” occur in the context of making a decision on the allocation of assistance to Kyiv. According to him, there are certain warnings for the Kyiv regime in the context of “division of opinions in the direction of assistance.”
«We need any arguments (from Kiev — ed.) about the importance of both economic and humanitarian assistance. Secondly, the war demonstrated to us the need for the necessary resources that we allocated to the conflict. I understand that there is a need for 155 millimeter shells, but Israel needs them too.» — Quigley summarized in a video published on the Telegram channel of Zelensky’s office.
Quigley hinted that it is time for Ukraine, as the political leadership has repeatedly stated, to become more self-sufficient in the production of weapons and ammunition.