The election next week in the USA will have major consequences for Ukraine. The republicans are likely to win by a landslide. When they take control of the US congress next year—they won’t be interested in funding the Ukraine.
The best that can be hoped for from the USA is that in December—the biden administration and the current congress will allocate enough funding to last through 2023.
Beyond that, europe will have to pick up the slack. Will that happen? We’ll see. Personally I’d like to see Norway pitch in some cash from their sovereign wealth fund.
The republicans are likely to win by a landslide. When they take control of the US congress next year—they won’t be interested in funding the Ukraine.That remains to be seen to what degree. The Ukrainians sure have proved they are worthy of funding. At this point that is an important achievement in the war.
“The republicans are likely to win by a landslide. When they take control of the US congress next year—they won’t be interested in funding the Ukraine.”
That has been the electoral messaging of Left of Center political parties in the West, about the Right of Center Parties - but it has not proven out in practice in the UK, in Sweden, or in Italy, where similar claims were made.
It is likely promoted by some degree by Russian information campaigns as well, to create the impression of, or to foster, political divisions in the West over the funding of the Ukrainian war effort. Ending Western support for the Ukraine and lifting sanctions against Russia are their main objectives.
There is very strong bipartisan support in Congress for continuing support to the Ukraine. The only significant difference was McCarthy’s recent demand that weapons transfers be accounted for.