Ukraine \u201cwill lose the war\u201d if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia\u2019s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn\u2019t help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,\u201d Zelensky said Sunday during a video meeting of the Ukrainian fund-raising group UNITED24. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf Ukraine loses this war, other countries will be attacked. This is a fact,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Zelensky\u2019s warning, among his starkest since the war began more than two years ago, comes as Congress has for months refused to pass a package of aid for Ukraine, leaving Kyiv to battle manpower and ammunition shortages while an emboldened Russia pounds Ukraine\u2019s cities with missiles and tests for weak spots along the front line. <\/p>\n
The US Senate passed a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in February, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has so far refused to hold a vote on passing the package for Ukraine. <\/p>\n
When Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, it thought it would take Kyiv in days and the rest of the country in weeks. In what proved to be a disastrous miscalculation for Moscow, Ukraine repelled the initial assault on its capital and, later in 2022, reclaimed some of the territories overrun by Russia. <\/p>\n
The frontlines have since been largely static, with Russia continuing to occupy around a fifth of Ukraine\u2019s territory. Despite optimism that Ukraine could reclaim more of its occupied territories, its counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 failed to significantly pierce Russia\u2019s defenses. Ukraine\u2019s then-Commander in Chief conceded the war had entered a \u201cstalemate.\u201d <\/p>\n
Since the start of this year, Russia \u2013 enjoying a huge advantage in manpower and technology \u2013 has attempted to seize the initiative, bombarding Ukraine\u2019s cities with missiles and forcing Ukraine to retreat from the eastern town of Avdiivka. <\/p>\n
\u201cRussia is conducting probing attacks along the front line. It is trying to advance where it can. And it is preparing what seems to be a future offensive down the road,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
While European countries have tried to replace US aid, Gady said there was \u201cno substitute\u201d for the support Washington can provide. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, Ukraine really needs US support. There\u2019s certain weapons systems, certain logistical support which the European countries simply cannot provide to Ukraine\u201d such as air defense systems, he said. <\/p>\n
Also on Sunday, Zelensky warned that \u201cin the coming weeks Russia will be more and more insistent on dragging nuclear weapons into the debate, threatening, playing with this matter.\u201d <\/p>\n
In a separate post on X, he thanked UNITED24\u2019s ambassadors for \u201ccontinuing to draw US attention to the Ukrainian people\u2019s fight for freedom and independence.\u201d <\/p>\n\n
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