Opinion | Could US exhaustion over support for Ukraine hasten war’s resolution?
- Kyiv’s failed summer counteroffensive, Republicans holding up funding and the possibility of their candidate winning the 2024 presidential election do not bode well for continuing US support
- This, plus the Israel-Gaza war taking the focus off the European conflict, could prompt Ukraine to re-engage in the peace process
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent ultimatum, linking his party’s backing to comprehensive border security reform, has heightened the risk of dwindling aid to Ukraine. The deadlock in Congress has become a pivotal factor as the prospect of American assistance drying up gains traction.
She divulged that the United States is running out of time and financial resources to support Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Young warned that, by the end of the year, the US will find itself depleted of the means to procure additional weaponry and equipment for Ukraine, including tapping into existing military stocks.
The matter of providing aid to Ukraine, a critical foreign policy concern for the White House, is increasingly emerging as a potent factor in American politics. Johnson’s strategic manoeuvring underscores how geopolitical issues can be cynically manipulated within the framework of partisan politics.
Young’s letter communicated that, as of mid-November, the Department of Defence had spent 97 per cent of the allocated US$62.3 billion in supplementary funding. Concurrently, the State Department had utilised all the US$4.7 billion of its designated military aid funds.
