Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to travel to Washington next week after a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York,” the Washington Post reports.

“Zelensky’s visit was coordinated with the Biden administration in a joint push to reinforce the importance of Congress granting the White House’s supplemental request for more than $24 billion in additional aid to Ukraine.”

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

All the Putin knobbers in Congress are probably hissing about that.

On that note, the US tends to not keep aging munitions in stock. Many, but not all, of our shells will not keep forever and we would need to reprocess them anyway. We give Ukraine our old shells to use against Russia and we get more new ones for our stockpile. Win-win.

What I find funny is that Republicans are the ones whining about this. There ain't nothing more 'murica than our massive military-industrial complex. Any excuse to send them a few billion should be giving right-wingers raging erections.

[–] noride@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

That would go against their knee jerk contrarianism.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

They are complaining because they are all under Putin's dominion. They have nothing to lose by giving him up.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Republicans vote overwhelmingly in favor of every lethal aid package to Ukraine. This is something America has united on. It's good to have something both parties agree on from time to time.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except for these 11 on the last bill:

Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Boozman of Arkansas, Mike Braun of Indiana, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Lee of Utah, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

Edit: Those clowns were complaining about oversight. Really? Oversight is a very dirty word for them.

In July, there were 70 Republicans that voted for this: https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/GAETZ_144_xml230630153411789.pdf

Make no mistake: Republicans are not united on this and mainly want isolationism and to get in Putins favor. Have you missed all of their rhetoric somehow?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to travel to Washington next week after a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The trip was coordinated with the Biden administration in a joint push to reinforce the importance to Congress granting the White House’s supplemental budget request for more than $24 billion in additional aid to Ukraine.

Capitol Hill is feeling the pressure as the country heads into an election year, and Ukraine’s highly anticipated summer offensive has made only minor territorial gains thus far.

The Republican presidential primary race also is playing a role in the intraparty clash over Ukraine, with former president Donald Trump and other candidates questioning the necessity for the continued security assistance.

In May, Biden and Zelensky held an in-person bilateral meeting in Japan during the Group of 7 summit, part of a dramatic last-minute visit by the Ukrainian leader.

Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Zelensky in Kyiv, pledging an additional $1 billion in U.S. assistance.

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