Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky addressed the US parliament in Washington last night. He thanked all Americans for supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia. Senators and Representatives greeted the president with minute-long cheers and cheers. His speech of more than half an hour was regularly interrupted by applause.
In his acceptance speech, Zelensky called the money sent from the United States not a charity, but an investment in global security and democracy. Yesterday Zelensky spoke with his US counterpart Biden, who announced the new support package worth $2 billion. Part of this is a Patriot anti-aircraft system that Ukraine has been asking for for a long time. The United States has also pledged $370 million in humanitarian aid.
Fantastic
It was sold out in parliament. “Both chambers were there,” says foreign commentator Bernard Hammelburg, who draws the comparison with the State of the union. “She did a great job, in English, and it went quite well.” According to Hammelburg, the standing ovations testified that it was “a real event”.
Resistence
The support promised by Biden arrives just in time, in the new year the Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives and the rules of the game are changing. Despite all the standing ovations, something completely different is going under his skin: ‘There is rapidly growing resistance to huge aid packages and arms deliveries. Republican Kevin McCarthy, the likely future Speaker of the House of Representatives, has already said we should stop writing blank checks.’
According to Hammelburg, support for Ukraine has declined rapidly since March. A poll later showed that 42 percent of American adults were in favor, up from just 18 percent in September.
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Source: BNR
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