Ukraine Aid Delayed With US Congress Giving Up on Deal This Year

  • Pentagon warns Ukraine military aid fund to run out Dec. 30
  • Schumer says goal is to work out ‘difficult’ deal in January
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, from right, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, at the US Capitol on Dec. 12. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Ukraine heads into the new year with dwindling weapons stockpiles and no guarantee of more US aid.

US lawmakers, who have been at an impasse over more than $60 billion in fresh assistance for Ukraine as its war with Russia approaches its third year, abandoned efforts to reach a deal before leaving Washington for a holiday break.