Biden rushes to push aid package for Ukraine after Trump's victory

The White House is reportedly planning to quickly disburse billions of dollars in security aid to Ukraine before US President Joe Biden leaves office in January 2025.

According to Reuters citing informed sources on November 6, the administration of US President Joe Biden plans to boost aid to Ukraine to strengthen and put Kyiv in the strongest position before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20, 2025.

US President Joe Biden speaks in Pennsylvania (USA) on November 2, 2024

Accordingly, the $9 billion military aid will be a boost to support Ukraine. The US is said to continue sending ammunition and anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the coming months.

The White House has not commented on the report. Politico described the plan as “the only option” to keep arms flowing to Ukraine. However, US officials are concerned that even if Mr. Biden approves the new aid, it could take months for the Pentagon to actually deliver ammunition and equipment to Ukraine.

Mr Trump's victory over US Vice President Kamala Harris has raised questions about the future of US support, which has been crucial to Ukraine's fighting ability in its conflict with Russia.

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According to Reuters, Mr. Trump has criticized the scale of US military and financial support for Ukraine. Mr. Trump also declared that Ukraine could not defeat Russia militarily and criticized Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as "the greatest salesman in history" who made billions of dollars every time he came to Washington.

Mr. Trump also repeatedly stated during the election campaign that he could end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours if re-elected. In his victory speech on November 6, Mr. Trump reiterated: "I will not start a war. I will stop wars."

Analysts say it is unlikely that Washington will support any further assistance to Ukraine when Mr Trump returns to the White House. "That will be a problem when you go to provide more aid to Ukraine, which at some point will be necessary," said Scott Anderson of the Brookings Institution.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

In another development, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the Turkic Council on November 6 that Europe would need a new strategy on Ukraine after Trump's victory. Hungary Today quoted Orban as saying that the Republican victory in the US had raised questions for European leaders about whether Europe could maintain its current level of military and financial support for Ukraine.

Sharing about the current situation in Europe, Mr. Orban said that the two main issues that are receiving the EU's attention are the conflict in Ukraine over the past two years and Europe's competitiveness, which is increasingly declining.

Regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Orban said that there is still a large number of people who support the continued fighting, but Hungary is moving towards promoting a peace mission. Mr. Orban stressed that discussions in Europe have begun to change from a conflict strategy to a peace strategy.

Prime Minister Orban expressed the need for a new European strategy, asserting that the first steps towards this could be taken on November 7 at the European leaders' summit in Budapest. Mr. Orban shared that the most difficult issue to resolve was the 50 billion euro loan for Ukraine, which had been previously decided by the G7 and would be jointly financed by the European Union (EU) and the United States.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ong-biden-voi-thuc-day-goi-vien-tro-cho-ukraine-sau-chien-thang-cua-ong-trump-185241107094116324.htm