U.S. State Department names countries interested in disrupting aid to Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: Getty Images)
Russia, Iran, and China have a direct interest in disrupting the U.S. financial assistance to Ukraine, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
"We know that the supplemental is an important moment and important because the people who want to see it fail, the people who want to see it not go forward are sitting in Moscow, they're sitting in Tehran, they're sitting in Beijing," Blinken said.
According to him, the United States must make a choice: whether to continue to guarantee that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be a failure for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin or whether to prove that he can not only continue to threaten Ukraine but also extend his aggression to other countries, including potentially NATO countries.
"And that's why the supplemental that's currently before Congress is so necessary and urgent," said the head of the U.S. State Department.
What preceded it
Yesterday, on December 7, Republicans blocked a bill to put to a vote on a financial aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan worth more than $100 billion.
In turn, President Biden reacted sharply to the failure of the vote on Ukraine and called the threats and the decision political blackmail.
Read more about why the United States cannot agree on funding for assistance to Ukraine in an article by RBC-Ukraine.
