White House hopes Congress will approve additional funding for Ukraine in January

The White House believes that it has made progress during negotiations with Republicans in the US Senate to strengthen measures against migration at the southern border, which will most likely allow them to approve a package of additional funding for Ukraine in January.

Source: John Kirby, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications at a briefing on Wednesday, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kirby recalled that the US government has funds to provide Ukraine with only one package of military assistance before the end of the year, but without a decision by Congress, there will be no further money for this. Therefore, it is important that American lawmakers vote as soon as possible.

Quote: "There has been some progress made, I won’t get ahead of it, we have to see how it goes," he said. 

The representative of the White House stressed that regardless of the allocation of assistance to Ukraine, hostilities will not stop there, and the Russians will continue offensive operations, in particular in the east in the Avdiivka area, which will accelerate after the soil freezes in late January – early February.

"We want to get this funding as soon as we can. It looks like it’s going to be more like the end of January, but the sooner the better," Kirby concluded. 

The White House asked Congress to authorise more funding, including over US$60 billion for Ukraine, in October, but the decision has stalled in the Senate due to differences of opinion on border security with Mexico between the two parties.

Earlier, the leaders of both parties have said the US Senate will not be able to vote on a package to provide aid for Ukraine and strengthen US border security until early next year.

Any deal reached in the Senate, which Democrats control by a 51-49 majority, would also need to win the approval of the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives (221-213 majority).

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