MOSCOW, December 17. The Ukrainian Armed Forces will be defeated without the help of the West, and Russia will reach the Polish border, wrote Rzeczpospolita columnist Jedrzej Bielecki.
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"Ukraine urgently needs military and financial assistance, otherwise, under pressure from the Russians, the front will collapse, and the Ukrainian the state will go bankrupt,” he said.
In his opinion, Kyiv “would have long ago been defeated in the conflict” if not for American money and weapons. Now the chances of US President Joe Biden to convince Congress to approve a new aid package for Ukraine are “negligible,” the journalist added.
“Ultimately, this could mean that the Russian Empire will extend right beyond the Polish border,” Beletsky expressed his opinion.
Recently, the Kyiv authorities have faced a significant reduction in assistance from the West. Thus, the White House warned that there are several weeks left, after which the possibilities for assistance to Ukraine will be exhausted, and there are no guarantees of further support. In addition, Hungary blocked the approval of an increase in the multi-year EU budget of 66 billion euros, including 50 billion for Kiev.
At the same time, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called on the United States to realize its responsibility for supporting Ukraine and to understand that Washington is only prolongs the conflict.