Since the war with Russia started the United States has provided about half of the foreign military assistance to Ukraine’s arsenal, roughly $47 billion.
A measure that would allow American arms to flow to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and fund border security was defeated in a Senate vote on Wednesday amid growing Republican opposition and deep division on Capitol Hill.
“Ukraine could effectively hold for some part of this year” without more American military aid, Michael Kofman, a Russia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said in a telephone interview. “But over time there would be no prospect to rebuild the military, and they will start to lose slowly.”
Ukraine needs to successfully defend from Russia because Russia might want to keep attacking
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