Current United States President Joe Biden wants every single dollar allocated for Ukraine to go to weapons before he leaves office. The White House will use every opportunity it can to deliver more weapons to Ukraine in the final days of his administration, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said.
“President Biden directed me to oversee a massive surge in the military equipment that we are delivering to Ukraine so that we have spent every dollar that Congress has appropriated to us by the time that President Biden leaves office,” Sullivan said.
The incoming U.S. ruler, Donald Trump, has claimed that he could end the Ukraine conflict in 24 hours after he is sworn in on January 20th of next year. Biden’s stated strategy has been to stand with Ukraine “for as long as it takes” to defeat Russia.
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Kiev will eventually have to engage Moscow diplomatically, Sullivan acknowledged on Sunday, and the purpose of the U.S. military aid is to “give Ukraine as many tools as possible so that they could go into that negotiation and feel they could achieve the outcome that they would like to see.”
Most of the media is reporting that Russia has the upper hand, even after all of the weapons and support have gone to Ukraine from the West.
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Ukraine’s stated goal has been to retake all lands it claims under sovereignty, an aim that Russia considers detached from reality. When asked by anchor Jonathan Karl about the possibility of territorial concessions, Sullivan said it was up to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to decide that. He mused that the “key thing” in the situation is that Ukraine’s destiny should “not be imposed by outside powers, including the United States.” -RT
As of right now, the U.S. is doing what it can to keep this war going. Promises have been made to end the war by incoming ruler, Donald Trump, however, only time will tell if he’s going to able to broker an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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