- Ukraine could face extra assaults from Russia although US support is on its means, says the ISW.
- The ISW says Russia can “take advantage of the limited window before the arrival of new US aid.”
- The House lastly handed greater than $60 billion of support to Ukraine after months of delays.
The House of Representatives may need lastly accredited greater than $60 billion in support to Ukraine, however the nation might nonetheless face elevated assaults from Russia within the meantime, says the Institute for the Study of War.
“The frontline situation will therefore likely continue to deteriorate in that time, particularly if Russian forces increase their attacks to take advantage of the limited window before the arrival of new US aid,” the ISW wrote in a report on Saturday.
The passage of the Ukraine support invoice was delayed for months attributable to staunch opposition from House Republicans. The legislative package deal was lastly handed by the House on Saturday, with 112 Republicans voting towards it.
The invoice, nevertheless, will nonetheless have to be accredited by the Senate and signed by the president earlier than the help can attain Ukraine.
“These requirements and the logistics of transporting US materiel to the frontline in Ukraine will likely mean that new US assistance will not begin to affect the situation on the front line for several weeks,” the US assume tank wrote.
Ukraine, the ISW stated, would “suffer additional setbacks in the coming weeks,” although they need to nonetheless find a way “to blunt the current Russian offensive assuming the resumed US assistance arrives promptly.”
Although the US began out as an enormous backer of Ukraine, help for the warfare effort has faltered, partially attributable to GOP opposition.
Republicans had repeatedly blocked makes an attempt by the Biden administration to ship support to Ukraine, arguing that the cash might be higher spent addressing America’s home issues.
US help would offer Ukraine with a important lifeline because it grapples with an invigorated Russian military. On April 10, US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli stated in a House Armed Services Committee listening to that the Russian military “is actually now larger — by 15 percent — than it was when it invaded Ukraine.”
“The severity of this moment cannot be overstated: If we do not continue to support Ukraine, Ukraine could lose,” stated Cavoli, who can be NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
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