{"id":19948,"date":"2023-12-06T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T10:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:42:05","slug":"zelenskyy-cancels-us-senate-briefing-amid-aid-row-white-house-warns-it-is-out-of-money-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/zelenskyy-cancels-us-senate-briefing-amid-aid-row-white-house-warns-it-is-out-of-money-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy cancels US Senate briefing amid aid row, White House warns it is \u2018out of money\u2019 for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has canceled his address to the U.S. Senate to make a direct appeal to U.S. lawmakers for additional aid amid a funding dispute in Congress. The White House has warned that existing funds for Kyiv to ward off Russia\u2019s invasion will run out by the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Zelenskyy canceled his virtual appearance at the Senate\u2019s closed-door briefing on Ukraine and Israel after \u201csomething came up at the last minute,\u201d according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For weeks, Republicans and Democrats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives have been embroiled in discussions over Biden\u2019s October proposal, seeking Congressional approval for $106 billion allocated to Ukraine, Israel, border security with Mexico, and U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democrat has scheduled a vote on Wednesday to clear the initial procedural step for addressing Biden\u2019s $106 billion aid request for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. However, securing 60 votes in the 100-member Senate is crucial, and the 49-member Republican minority is poised to block the package due to its exclusion of proposed immigration reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Republicans storm out of briefing amid dispute over Israel and Ukraine aid package<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s dire warning about impending financial constraints for Ukraine clashes with the current discussion in Capitol Hill as some House conservatives resist additional Ukraine funding, while Senate Republicans insist on incorporating it into a comprehensive spending package covering Israel, Taiwan, and the U.S. Southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several Republican senators walked out of a classified briefing on Ukraine, led by the secretaries of defense and state, as it descended into a row over the border crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republicans are pushing for immigration policy changes in exchange for approving new aid for Ukraine, leading to tensions and a walkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican leaders have said they will consider additional aid to Ukraine only in exchange for major changes to border policy to severely limit the number of migrants entering the United States. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is urging House Republicans to vote against the Ukraine supplemental aid package unless \u201cmeaningful\u201d border security changes are included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senate Republicans have been crystal clear: national security starts with border security. The sooner Democrats realize this, the sooner we can deliver on urgent national security priorities.<\/p>\u2014 Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell\/status\/1732071768297197963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, said Democrats have not done enough to earn the support of his members to send more money to Ukraine. \u201cThe Biden administration has failed to substantively address any of my conference\u2019s legitimate concerns about the lack of a clear strategy in Ukraine, a path to resolving the conflict, or a plan for adequately ensuring accountability for aid provided by American taxpayers,\u201d Johnson said on X, in response to the White House letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHouse Republicans have resolved that any national security supplemental package must begin with our own border.\u201d Mike Johnson also reiterated that funding for Israel and Ukraine should not be included in the same bill as border security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My response to the White House on their lack of a clearly defined strategy and end game for prevailing in Ukraine and the need for transformative change to our nation\u2019s border security laws: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZZhIp7K4v\">pic.twitter.com\/JZZhIp7K4v<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1732060427075387652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey want tens of billions of dollars to help our friends and allies overseas, but they\u2019re not willing to do what\u2019s necessary to prevent a potential crisis at the border,\u201d Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said. \u201cThe Biden administration just does not seem to care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>White House warns Ukraine aid is running out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House has warned congressional leaders that the United States would run out of money to send weapons to Ukraine by year\u2019s end. In a letter to congressional leadership on Monday, director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young said that \u201cwithout congressional action, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for Ukraine and to provide equipment from U.S. military stocks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment,\u201d Young wrote. \u201cWe are out of money\u2014and nearly out of time.\u201d She added that \u201cCutting off the flow of U.S. weapons and equipment will kneecap Ukraine on the battlefield, not only putting at risk the gains Ukraine has made, but increasing the likelihood of Russian military victories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?resize=838%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12988\" width=\"838\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?resize=589%2C392&amp;ssl=1 589w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/US-Capitol-Building.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>U.S. Capitol in Washington, United States, January 22, 2018. (Image Credit: Reuters\/Joshua Roberts)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House issued an urgent warning to Congress that Ukraine will lose ground in the war as the funding shortfall will jeopardize Kyiv\u2019s ability to defend itself against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re running out of money, and we are nearly out of time,\u201d Biden\u2019s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters. The toughening of administration rhetoric suggested that any lawmaker who opposed funding was on the Russian leader\u2019s side. \u201cA vote against supporting Ukraine is a vote to improve (Vladimir) Putin\u2019s strategic position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen cautioned that the United States would be responsible for the defeat if Ukraine loses. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to members of Congress, my colleagues have. I think they understand that this is a dire situation and we can hold ourselves responsible for Ukraine\u2019s defeat if we don\u2019t manage to get this funding to Ukraine that\u2019s needed, and I\u2019m including direct budget support here because that\u2019s utterly essential,\u201d Yellen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has cancelled his address to the U.S. Senate to make a direct appeal to U.S. lawmakers for additional aid amid funding dispute in Congress. 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