President of Ukraine spoke out about the recent help that the US sent, saying that even though it was long overdue, it shows that Ukraine will not be left behind. Head of State of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that his country would not become a “second Afghanistan.” He said that Ukraine was like Afghanistan because of the fall of the government there after the US left the war a few years ago.
He also said they would be getting their defenses ready because they thought Russia would attack harder before the aid got to their country. “We need to really get this to the endpoint,” Zelenskiy said. We need to get it passed by the Senate right away, not in six months, so that we can help the soldiers on the front lines right away.
The Senate’s first vote on the aid plan will happen this week. Joe Biden has said that he will sign off on the aid as soon as it gets to his desk. Supporters of Trump did not want to give aid to Ukraine, which was part of aid for Israel and Taiwan at the time. This led to a lot of back and forth.
Before this, the country used up all the aid that had been given to it, which is what led to the call for more aid. Without it, Ukraine’s front lines would have been poor and unprepared to fight Russia.
Officials in the United States have said that they are ready to send weapons to Ukraine as soon as Joe Biden decides what will be done with the help.
