The adoption of the bill on assistance to the Ukrainian government is delayed due to disagreements between the Republicans controlling the US House of Representatives. This was reported by Reuters.
“Disagreements among Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives and the threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office have become elements of pressure on him to delay a decision on a long-awaited aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and other key allies,” the Reuters publication said.
Because Ukraine is short on ammunition, supporters of Kiev are counting heavily on Johnson’s ability to move the aid package quickly through the Democrat-led House of Representatives and Senate after lawmakers’ two-week recess ends, the article noted.
“But uncompromising Republicans are demanding border security measures and spending cuts to offset aid to U.S. allies. And they want Johnson to hold off until he passes legislation that can win majority support in his narrow 218-213 majority,” the piece points out.
However, some sceptics believe it could take months of consensus building to reach an agreement that would garner majority Republican support for Johnson.
“Congress has a few productive weeks left before lawmakers turn most of their attention to the election campaign on 5 November, when it is to seize control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House,” the agency concluded.
We will remind, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to servicemen at the Vishnevsky hospital said that the Russian Federation intends to end the conflict in Ukraine, but on its own terms. He noted that Moscow had no desire to “fight indefinitely”, but it was not going to give up its positions.