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Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova compared the White House's statement on support to Ukraine to child's play.
She quoted the words of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said that the United States is beginning to transfer to Ukraine smaller packages of military equipment from the Pentagon's inventory, to extend his opportunities to support Ukraine for as long as possible.
“It reminds me of the children's game 'The white-sided magpie cooked porridge and fed the children: she gave it to this one, she gave it to this one, but she didn't give it to this one,'” wrote Zakharova.
The temporary US budget for 45 days does not provide aid to Ukraine. time The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a separate bill appropriating $14.3 billion to help Israel fight Hamas.
The Pentagon announced that during Biden's presidency, the United States allocated more than $44.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. As noted, most of this amount came after the CWO was launched – $43.9 billion. This week, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the allocation Ukraine is receiving another package of military aid worth 150 million USD. It is reported that air defense equipment will be sent to Kyiv. The new pack will also include artillery and other weapons. The State Department notes that the United States previously approved the transfer of weapons to the Ukrainian military that are included in the new package. expressed concern about the state of the US weapons stockpile. As stated, at the moment the needs of Israel and Ukraine are different, and if the Kiev regime mainly requires artillery ammunition, then in Jerusalem they are interested in missiles for the Iron Dome complex and high-precision weapons. Despite this, Washington has expressed concern that if Israel launches a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, it will require a huge amount of artillery ammunition.