US Republican Congressman Michael McCaul commented on today’s meeting of American lawmakers with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, which took place in Washington behind closed doors.
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I asked, “What is your winning plan? And what do you need to win? In particular, these are two things: aviation – F-16 and ATACMS. They need long-range artillery to carry out attacks on Crimea, where Iranian drones are flying from – they don’t have that now,” Voice of America quotes McCall.
Asked whether the meeting discussed the issue of new funding for Ukraine’s needs and the $24 billion resupply to the Pentagon, McCaul said:
They need it – and they will get it. As I said, the majority supports this,” the congressman pointed out.
The congressman added:
Now their troops are moving forward without cover from the sky, they must clear the fields with their own hands at night. We would not send our troops in such conditions. So we have to give them what they need. And if this administration won’t give it to them, then we must write into the appropriations bill the weapons he asked for.
Let us recall that earlier the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Trumpist Republican Kevin McCarthy, said that he was more interested in where the already allocated aid went. Zelensky’s visit to Washington takes place against the backdrop of disputes in Congress over the adoption of funding for government spending and, in particular, over additional funding of $24 billion. for further aid packages to Ukraine and other support. 29 lawmakers signed an open letter calling on Ukraine not to be given this funding until they receive satisfactory answers to questions including how the money is being used and how the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive is progressing.
Source: Racurs
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