Ukraine President Zelenskiy was in Washington on December 13, in an attempt to save the military aid lifeline his country's ally has continually provided since Russia's February 2022 invasion. Last week, an emergency spending bill to send more than $50bn in new assistance to Ukraine, as well as $14bn for Israel, was blocked by Senate Republicans, Statista reports.
Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned after the result that the risks of Ukraine failing to win the war were great, saying the vote was a "serious moment that will have lasting consequences for the 21st century," and that "If Ukraine falls, Putin will not stop there". Schumer added: "Western democracy will begin to enter an age of decline if we aren’t willing to defend it."
While Republicans are yet to show willingness to budge on the issue, Zelenskiy didn't end his trip empty-handed. In a press conference last night, US President Biden told reporters that he had signed "another $200m drawdown from the department of defence for Ukraine”.
As this infographic using data from the Ukraine Support Tracker by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy shows, the United States has been by far Ukraine's most important military aid partner since the war began. Looking at pledges of military aid to Ukraine between January 24, 2022 and October 31, 2023, the US government committed a total of €43.9bn.
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