Biden in contact with Zelensky: Congress is directly responsible for the fall of “Audioka”.
According to CNN, in a phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyi, his Ukrainian counterpart, US President Joe Biden announced that the inaction of the US Congress in approving a $60 billion aid package for Kyiv was the main reason for the fall of the city of Avdiyka in Donbas and its responsibility. It is directly in charge of Congress.
A White House statement on the phone call said: “After Ukrainian troops were forced to ration ammunition due to equipment shortages caused by congressional inaction, the Ukrainian military was forced to retreat from Avdiyka, Russia’s first significant gain in months.”. (President) Biden had emphasized the need for the immediate approval of the national security budget bill to renew the readiness of the Ukrainian forces.
This call was the end of a week during which America was desperately trying to reassert its leadership on the world stage. The US House of Representatives has postponed the approval of the military aid package for Ukraine, while the last bastion of the strategic city of Avdiyka fell and Russia took control of it. Also, in the midst of this, the news of the death of Alexei Navalny, a critic of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia and the leader of the opposition in this country, was published.
Biden said late on Saturday that he was not sure about the fall of other Ukrainian cities and added: It is immoral for the United States not to provide more aid to the Ukrainian people who have fought so bravely and heroically!
Earlier this week, the US Senate approved the bipartisan foreign aid bill worth $95.3 billion, including more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. However, Mike Johnson, the spokesman for the Republican-dominated House of Representatives, has said that he will not allow the bill to enter the floor of the House. In addition, this parliament is currently on a two-week vacation.