On January 26, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, took a firm stand against a bipartisan agreement in the Senate to combine border control measures with assistance to Ukraine. As reported by a number of American media, he sent a letter to his colleagues in which he said that the agreement had no chance of support.
Johnson said the bill would be “unsustainable once it reaches the House” if the leak about its content is true.
Although the group of senators negotiating the deal has yet to release the text of the bill, it has already drawn criticism from Republicans, including Donald Trump, the presumptive US presidential nominee, who this week blasted the potential deal as a political “gift” to Democrats.
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From the fall of 2023, the US Congress cannot approve a draft law on military aid to Ukraine. President Joe Biden has proposed a national security bill worth more than $100 billion to congressmen, including $61 billion in aid to Kyiv. The document was not approved by the Republicans, who said that they wanted to include in the bill the strengthening of border and migration measures on the US-Mexico border.
On December 27, US President Joe Biden signed the last aid package for Kyiv, which was funded according to his authority. This $250 million package includes ammunition for anti-aircraft defenses, rocket launchers and artillery, as well as anti-tank weapons and other equipment.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on January 11 that Washington’s military aid to Ukraine has run out.
