Ukrainian officials are “freaking out” over the uncertainty about new Ukraine aid being passed through Congress, a Ukrainian member of parliament told POLITICO.
“We are freaking out. For us it is a disaster,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, an MP who chairs the committee on Ukraine’s integration into the EU. “We are interested in getting things sorted out so American democracy can function, and so we can restore the bipartisan consensus on supporting their own national interest by supporting Ukraine.”
The ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker means there will likely be no legislative action until a new one is elected. “Until a new speaker is elected, the House cannot vote on laws, but all other work, including in committees, continues,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said in a statement on McCarthy’s ouster.
Markarova said separately that there is at least $1.6 billion left for the US to arm Ukraine using the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows President Biden to send weapons directly from military stockpiles. However, the Pentagon told Congress there is $5.4 billion left in PDA for Ukraine, which became available thanks to an “accounting error” that overvalued previous arms shipments.
Markarova also said there was $1.23 billion left in budgetary aid, which the US provides through the World Bank and pays for Ukrainian government services and salaries, among other things. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the US only has enough budgetary aid to pay for the month of October and that the funds would dry up if Congress doesn’t authorize more aid.
A $5.4 billion accounting error? WTF.
A drop in the bucket … it’s all those zeroes, I think …
It’s three-tenths of one percent of the 2023 DoD budget.
5.4B ÷ 1.8T = 0.003
Oh good. If you want to continue this stupid war with Russia, do it on your own dime and weapons. You want real peace? Get to the negotiating table already.
Keep the U.S. and the U.K. far, far away………………
How nice of Ivanna being so worried about the functioning of American democracy.
She is even more worried about her paid-by-us salary; those payments on her new BMW won’t wait!!
Enjoy the freak show UK Raine…!
“[S]aid…an MP who chairs the committee on Ukraine’s integration into the EU…’We are interested in getting things sorted out so American democracy can function.'”
“So American democracy can function”? Gotta love it – this from a political rep of Ukraine – Ukraine which has repeatedly interfered in US elections…
“Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire”
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/ukraine-sabotage-trump-backfire-233446
“Clinton and Ukraine”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clinton-and-ukraine-11569881729
…Ukraine which – with US State Department funding – publishes blacklists of Americans Ukraine has “publicly denounced as information terrorists subject to being tried as war criminals”:
https://dpyne.substack.com/p/ukrainian-disinformation-agency-re
“Ukrainian Disinformation Agency Re-issues its Black List of 35 High Profile Americans including Tucker Carlson Accused of Disseminating Russian Propaganda Narratives”
Well, if Ukraine can’t pay their civil servant salaries anymore, draft them all into the army. I strongly suspect the “Ukraine government employees” being paid by us are all privileged, connected figures, placed in their positions by their oligarch patrons, and therefore shielded from having to go fight in the front lines, like the conscripted peasants. Time to share the load; strap on your battlegear “Ivana Tsintzade”; there’s some Russian mines with your name on them that need clearing.
Another incentive for Ukraine to unconditionally surrender is that all this immediately becomes Russia’s problem – especially when you consider they’re going to have to do it eventually anyway.
I’m sure they will invite Belarus and Hungary to jump in and take some territory before that happens. Russia doesn’t want to take over West Ukraine.
I recon they’ll demand Odessa and link up with their enclave east of Moldova… But if the EU keeps pushing it there ain’t no telling..
“so we can restore the bipartisan consensus on supporting their own national interest by supporting Ukraine.”
If they were interested in the national interest, there would have been no Ukraine war because NATO would have ended in 1991.
“If they were interested in the national interest, there would have been no Ukraine war because NATO would have ended in 1991.”
There were other “interests” in the 90s…
“Arms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion” (NYT, 1997)
“ARMS CONTRACTORS SPEND TO PROMOTE AN EXPANDED NATO” (NYT, 1998)
…just as now:
“Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers” (NYT, 2022)
“Russia’s War on Ukraine Is Escalating. It’s Time to Buy Military Stocks” (Barron’s, 2022)
“8 Best Defense Stocks to Buy Now” (Investing, 2023)
“Should You Add Defense Stocks To Your Portfolio In 2023? If you’re looking for steadier returns and relatively low-risk businesses, the defense industry might be a good option for your portfolio.” (Forbes, 2023)
“The Best Defense Stocks For Today — And The Future” (Investor’s Business Daily, 2023)
“Barron’s Stock Picks…The defense contractor’s shares are cheap and the company is growing faster than its peers…Time to Buy.” (Barron’s 2023)
“US Spending Increase Rounds Off Good Year for Defense Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed” (Barron’s 2023)
Speaking of Raytheon, wasn’t that place Mr. Austin’s employer at one point????
Countries are people too, my friend.
“We are freaking out. For us it is a disaster,” said Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, an MP who chairs the committee on Ukraine’s integration into the EU. “We are interested in getting things sorted out so American democracy can function, and so we can restore the bipartisan consensus on supporting their own national interest by supporting Ukraine.”
Does this fool think “democracy” is defined by our bought and paid for congress being bipartisan on Ukrainian aid? Sure, never mind about the 55% of the people, those bipartisan assholes represent, being against that aid.
They will simply use the back door and unlimited Pentagon budget to m0ove money and material
“Ukraine Is ‘Freaking Out’ Over the Lack of New US Aid From Congress – A Ukrainian MP told POLITICO that the situation is a ‘disaster'”
Ukraine is a disaster for American taxpayers. Between $2.83 Billion and $6.73 Billion remaining in aid. That is a substantial amount of money that belongs to American taxpayers in a slush fund for Ukraine. Ukrainian Oligarchs are crying all the way to the bank.
There is at least $1.6 billion left for the US to arm Ukraine using the
Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA). However, the Pentagon
told Congress there is $5.4 billion left in PDA for Ukraine, which became available thanks to an “accounting error” that overvalued previous arms shipments.
Who controls the purse strings of the US Pentagon acountants or Congress?
“There was $1.23 billion left in budgetary aid, which the US provides
through the World Bank and pays for Ukrainian government services and
salaries, among other things”
Why is the US providing Ukrainian government services and salaries?
Time for a full public audit.
Pentagon told Congress there is $5.4 billion left in PDA for Ukraine, which became available thanks to an “accounting error” that overvalued previous arms shipments.
Trump is up the creek because he got caught overvaluing his holdings in order to secure more loans – and all this time all he had to do was declare it an “accounting error”
May I suggest seppuku?
Have the Reps in the so-called People’s House polled their citizens to see if they want their money to go to the corrupt, installed Dictatorship in Kiev? They are supposed to represent the people who elected them, not the Bureaucracies that run the nation or the money sponge in Ukraine.