WASHINGTON, Oct 4 The US Congress must stop fueling the conflict in Ukraine, said member of the House of Representatives of the American Congress Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Green wrote on the social network X after meeting with participants in a protest against aid to Ukraine in the US Capitol that congressmen may disagree on many things, but the US Congress must agree that it is necessary to stop fueling the conflict in Ukraine.
Green emphasized that «peace and freedom of speech should not be a partisan issue.» “Military actions in Ukraine must end,” the republican emphasized.
On Wednesday, police arrested at least 11 people at a protest against aid to Ukraine at the US Capitol, demanding an end to funding for Ukraine and the start of peace negotiations. As Medea Benjamin, one of the founders of the American anti-war movement Codepink, said, commenting on the arrests, the activists were arrested for “calling on him not to finance” the fighting in Ukraine.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal “the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” To achieve this, he said, it is planned to carry out the “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine” and to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass.