US Frustration Mounts as Ukrainian Weapon Stocks Run Out
- Biden team growing impatient with allies over soveriegn assets
- Congress still sitting on $60 billion in military aid
Machine gun munition is left to the side as Ukrainian soldiers prepare for a military training exercise.
Photographer: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Biden administration is growing even more frustrated with both congressional Republicans and allies in Europe over delays in funding Ukraine’s fight against Russia, people familiar with the matter said, as concerns mount that Russian forces could make major gains in the coming weeks.
There is no “Plan B” for the US to help Ukraine aside from the $60 billion in military aid that remains tied up in Congress, according to US officials who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations. And European leaders need to get over delays and use profits from blocked sovereign Russian assets to help President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government, one of the people said.