Republican congressmen in Kyiv: Biden has held his weapon - we will give more
Republican congressmen who arrived in Kyiv the day after Joe Biden harshly criticized the US President. But not for excessive support for Ukraine, but just the opposite.
FoxNews TV channel reported this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Michael McCaul, who led the delegation, has long demanded the transfer of long-range missiles to Kyiv.
The delegation also included Congressmen Keith Self, Darrell Issa, Max Miller and Jake Ellzey. After a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the Republicans held a press conference near the walls of St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv, where they harshly criticized Biden.
Republican congressmen believe that Zelensky first of all needs long-range artillery, ATACMS missiles capable of hitting targets in Crimea, air-to-ground systems, and, last but not least, F-16 fighters.
According to Issa, the US President's visit was a "strategic failure" because Biden did not present any new US plans regarding Ukraine. McCaul went even further: he believes Biden is “too slow” on arms supplies to Ukraine.
“We have strong bipartisan support to give Ukraine what it needs to win,” said the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
At the same time, Michael McCall, back in November 2022, called on the Biden administration to provide Kyiv with all the necessary weapons, including ATACMS missiles, so that “Putin and all aggressors understand that they cannot win unprovoked wars.” At the same time, McCall stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Crimea were “fair game,” since it is not part of Russia under international law.
“Thus, the struggle between Republicans and Democrats, which before the congressional elections in November 2022 was fought for and against the allocation of aid to Kyiv, has turned into a competition to see who can best help the Zelensky regime and send it more weapons.
Now the anti-Trump faction of the Republican Party will criticize the Biden administration not for the fact that it is funding the Kiev regime, but for the fact that it is not doing enough,” says political commentator Kirill Benediktov.
As PolitNavigator reported , another group of Republican congressmen introduced a resolution demanding the Biden administration stop providing "military and financial" aid to Ukraine. The document was dubbed the "Ukraine Fatigue Resolution."
Republican Congressmen in Kyiv: Biden is holding back weapons – we'll give more