Ukraine and the US: Solutions to the aid stalemate
This Is Why
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🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
But the prospect of success seems increasingly in doubt as the package remains stalled in Congress and is facing pushback from Republicans who are arguing that more money needs to be spent on the US-Mexico border. This is a crucial moment for Ukraine following its failed counteroffensive against Russian forces.
On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson talks to Sky's defence and security analyst, Professor Michael Clarke, about the stalemate and what happens next.
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| 1:00.9 | I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to the Sky News Daily, where we are talking about Ukraine once again. |
| 1:05.8 | It's President. Vladimir Zelensky has been touring Europe and the United States of late. |
| 1:10.7 | Not quite begging, but certainly pleading for more assistance. |
| 1:14.9 | After a failed counter-offensive, Ukraine's future depends on aid, |
| 1:19.1 | and particularly American aid, yet it hasn't been as forthcoming as Zelensky would like. |
| 1:24.3 | Meanwhile, Russia's Vladimir Putin held an hour's long news conference, taking questions |
| 1:28.9 | from journalists and also Russian citizens. The Russians and the Ukrainians are one people, |
| 1:36.8 | essentially, he says. What we are witnessing now is a great tragedy resembling a civil war |
| 1:41.9 | between brothers on opposing sides. And it is not even their fault, |
| 1:47.2 | Russia's president claims, the entire southeast of Ukraine has always been pro-Russian. That, of course, |
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