Ukrainian forces need more weapons, ambassador warns senators

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Source: The Hill

Ukrainian ambassador Oksana Markarova told a bipartisan group of senators Monday that her country needs more help from the United States and could run out of military supplies to fend off a Russian invasion, according to lawmakers who attended the meeting in the Capitol.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who attended the meeting with roughly a dozen Republican and Democratic colleagues, said everyone in the room was unified in support of doing more for the country, which Russian troops invaded Thursday on several fronts.

"It's no secret they need more help. They've got the weapons they need right now but they're going to run out of what they need soon so we've got to get a supplemental [spending bill] passed quickly," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters after the meeting.

Murphy said a looming humanitarian crisis along the Polish-Ukrainian border and dwindling military supplies are putting pressure on Congress to act quickly.



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[yaesu]

1. the defence department and the homeland security department are pushing hard for Congress to approve

Joe Biden’s plan for at least $6.4bn in supplemental funding to help Ukraine, which will require cooperation from both parties.

[Warpy]

2. They are right

although Kyiv seems to be catching a break today, storm blew in at about 1 AM their time, heavy snow right now, they didn't even test the air raid sirens this morning.

It's either that or Zelensky's aide was a lot more persuasive than anyone thought and there is a cease fire.

.....nah, they just can't see what they're shooting at.

ETA: They just made a liar out of me and are testing them at 7 AM instead of the usual 5:45 AM. At least the people left in the city got a little extra sleep.

[wnylib]

4. Not likely a ceasefire.

There is a 40 mile long Russian convoy headed for Kyiv. It is about 30 miles away now.

Russia controls the air right now, but I wonder if Ukranians on the ground could do some damage to that convoy before it reaches Kyiv. Not in open fighting, but from hiding spots in the area, with sporadic hit and run attacks. Or maybe Russian air cover makes that not feasible.

The worst is yet to come when that convoy reaches Kyiv.

[ffr]

3. And thanks to the 2020 GE, we actually can do something to help them rather than extort them

while their citizens get cluster bombed by treaty breaking barbarians.

Thank goodness for Joe Biden!!!

[onetexan]

6. +1 -K&R

[lagomorph777]

8. Trump would be supplying B-2s to Putin.

[Cha]

5. Damn FuckUP trump Getting in

our WH! Fuckers who voted for him.

[bdamomma]

7. yeah Cha

and how many of those treasonous senators are on the Putin payroll too. I hope they suffer.

[Cha]

9. They All have Bad Karma

coming at them.. Sooner than Later, I hope!

bdamomma