Kiev is running out of money and time, its supporters say, but the will in Congress to continue funding its fight with Russia has reached new lows, and growing competition from other national security priorities, including Israel and the U.S. southern border, could be a wake-up call for an end to American aid to its embattled European ally.
That possibility has been hinted at in recent days by Democrats and Republicans alike, as Congress nears a government shutdown with little chance of attaching aid to Ukraine to any measures aimed at preventing it. The Pentagon, meanwhile, has warned that its allocation for Kiev is getting “smaller and smaller.”
The growing prospect that Congress will simply not approve additional aid to Ukraine amid such chaos could have serious geopolitical implications, undermining one of Biden’s main foreign policy goals and confirming Russia’s optimism that the West’s resolve will be the first to break.