2023-12-18 23:07:00
The U.S. White House announced that only one-time military equipment support to Ukraine is possible due to the recent delay in processing the additional security budget.
John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council (NSC), said in a briefing on the 18th (local time), “We are planning to send another support package to Ukraine in the second half of this month.” “There will no longer be any replenishment authority available.” He also emphasized that “Ukraine still needs our help,” and that “it is well past time for Congress to act for freedom and democracy, and for our own national security interests.”
Previously, the United States first provided military equipment owned by the U.S. military to Ukraine and then refilled the stockpile of supplies provided to Ukraine with the budget approved by Congress. As this budget was quickly exhausted, President Biden requested additional budget from Congress, but processing was delayed as the Republican Party was at odds with the Democratic Party over issues such as the southern border.
Meanwhile, Coordinator Kirby announced in a briefing that day that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will discuss the issue of forming a multinational navy to protect civilian ships from attacks by Yemen’s pro-Iran rebel group Houthi in Bahrain, where the Combined Naval Command (CMF) is located, on the 19th. “What we are trying to do is to strengthen and strengthen the CMF and operate it in a different way than we did before the Houthi attack,” he said.
Regarding the meeting between the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad in Warsaw, Poland, and the Qatari prime minister who has been mediating hostage release negotiations with Hamas, he said, “I would say we are on the verge of another (hostage release) agreement.” “It’s impossible,” he said. He said he had raised concerns with the Israeli government about the incident in which an Israeli sniper killed an unarmed mother and daughter at a church in the Gaza Strip.
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