According to Punchbowl News, Republican Party leaders in the US House of Representatives want to exclude aid to Kiev from the White House’s $40 billion additional funding offer. DEA News.
According to the publication, Kevin McCarthy, spokesman for the lower house of the US Congress, wants to transfer these amounts to the interim budget, which must be passed before September 30, in order to avoid a “shutdown”, which means the suspension of the budget. The federal government due to the lack of a full budget for fiscal year 2024.
“They plan to withdraw funding to Ukraine from the supplementary package and consider it separately,” the article says.
The previous day, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the White House is negotiating with Congress and that he hopes this is possible. to persuade MPs will approve President Joe Biden’s request for additional funding for Ukraine.
Sabrina Singh, previously Deputy Press Secretary of the US Department of Defense spokeHe said there would be sufficient funds to provide defense assistance to Ukraine by the end of September this year.
September 4 US Department of Justice plans Sending a total of more than $1 billion in Russian assets covered by the sanctions to Kiev.
Formerly USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.