The American President IS holding fast on NO heavy duty US M1 Abrams tanks for the Ukraine….
That has the Germans backing away from sending their Leopard 2 heavy tanks…..
Other European nations have the German tanks….
But need Germany’s ok….
So?
In effect American President Biden is stopping the Ukraine from getting heavy combat tanks…..
Biden has approved the shipment Stryker armored personnel carriers for the Ukraine…..
The US will also work to help the Ukraine repair and rebuild it’s energy infrastructure….
GOP House Majority has not stopped the President from announcing almost weekly aid to the Ukraine….
The US CIA Director William Burns has had a sitdown with Zelensky last week…..
Burns does NOT believe there will a settlement of the conflict without the Ukraine taking back more of its territory from the Russians….
(With Afghanistan and Republican’s in mind?…Ukraine officals want to know what kind of US support is for them going forward)….
It appears that President Biden’s reluctance could make the whole conflict last longer….
Top of mind for Zelensky and his senior intelligence officials during the meeting was how long Ukraine could expect U.S. and Western assistance to continue following Republicans’ takeover of the House and a drop-off in support of Ukraine aid among parts of the U.S. electorate, said people familiar with the meeting. All spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private high-level engagement.
Burns emphasized the urgency of the moment on the battlefield and acknowledged that at some point assistance would be harder to come by, the people said.
Zelensky and his aides came away from last week’s meeting with the impression that the Biden administration’s support for Kyiv remains strong and the $45 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine passed by Congress in December would last at least through July or August, those familiar with the discussion said…