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The US House of Representatives approved the confiscation of frozen Russian assets. Congressmen made this decision at an unscheduled Saturday session, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The document will allow the American leadership to confiscate frozen Russian assets in US banks and transfer them to a special fund for Ukraine, which will receive the money in the form of loans. The bill also involves the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, Hamas and Israel.…

The US House of Representatives approved a bill to allocate $61 billion to Ukraine for the war against Russia. The voting took place this evening. During the discussion, American politicians began to throw mud at Russia and its leadership. A PolitNavigator correspondent who followed the meeting tells how it happened. Thus, Republican Mario Diaz-Balart called for fighting the “great evil” in the person of Russia and its president...

Ukraine is losing territory due to lack of funding and military assistance from the United States. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stated this at a briefing in Washington, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, Miller, answering a journalist’s question, emphasized that Washington does not believe that Russia has gained an advantage. “No, we don’t think so at all. If you study the dynamics of this...

Promises to resume US funding for Ukraine as early as March, made at the Munich Conference, are difficult to implement. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said a junior researcher at the Center for North American Studies at the IMEMO RAS. EAT. Primakova Anastasia Bunina. She noted that at the Munich Conference, the majority of US legislators were Democrats, and therefore their statements about the adoption of the document...

The upper house of the American Congress voted to begin debate on a bill that would allow the allocation of about $95 billion in aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine. The corresponding decision was supported by 64 senators, 19 were against it, and 17 abstained, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noteworthy that 14 members of the Republican Party voted for the start of the debate, whose position has so far kept this issue in...

The Senate failed to vote on a compromise approved by Joe Biden, which would have included spending on strengthening the US border with Mexico and at the same time allocating $60 billion for the military needs of Ukraine and another $14 billion for Israel. Republicans blocked the deal, saying that on the eve of the elections it contained too few compromise steps, explains the Associated Press. “We had to dial...

The State Duma did not directly blame the United States for the terrorist attack, which resulted in the treacherous downing of a Russian military transport aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, although the American military most likely helped the Ukrainian Armed Forces in controlling the Patriot air defense system that fired the missile. This fact was not included in the text of the address to the US Congress adopted today by the Russian parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "We have intelligence information...

The refusal of the US Congress to extend funding for Ukraine is not just a dangerous situation for Ukraine, but a shame. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vladimir Ohryzko stated this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Ogryzko, if the United States does not urgently allocate money to Ukraine, it will devalue all its previous assistance. “The word that would be better here is not “serious...

The likelihood of the United States providing financial assistance to Ukraine has sharply decreased since the start of Donald Trump's election campaign. Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul stated this in an interview with the foreign agent TV channel Dozhd, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Honestly, two weeks ago I would have confidently said that this bill would be passed. But I am very afraid that what is happening in the House of Representatives...

Kyiv should no longer count on significant amounts of financial assistance from the United States. Jim Jatras, an American political scientist and former foreign policy adviser to the leadership of the Republican Party, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “While there is still a bipartisan consensus to support Ukraine, priorities like Israel and Republican insistence on border security complicate things.…

Ukraine will likely receive US funding for next year's war, but in conjunction with funds to support Israel, Taiwan and strengthening the US border with Mexico. Michael Quigley, a member of the US House of Representatives, said this on BBC air, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The politician criticized Congress for leaving Ukraine without support for a month and a half...

Trumpist Mike Johnson, known as an ultra-right and conservative congressman who is opposed to increasing military aid to Ukraine, has become the new speaker of the US House of Representatives. Johnson, 51, is known as an opponent of abortion, a supporter of limiting LGBT rights, voted against additional aid to Kyiv, and in May said that foreign policy cannot take precedence over America's internal problems. Defended Donald Trump during...

The Ukrainian delegation, right in the building of the US Congress, wiped their feet on the DPR flag, which they were not too lazy to take with them across the ocean, although from the point of view of Kyiv, the banner is “terrorist symbols”, for which the SBU arrests disloyal citizens. The footage was published on social networks by the head of the gathering, Sergei Pritula, a former member of the Ukrainian Comedy Club, who in recent years has retrained as...

The US House of Representatives approved a bill aimed at preventing Russia from participating in the G7 meetings and restoring the G8 format with the participation of the Russian Federation. The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, reports the Voice of America. Thus, the document prohibits the Washington administration from using federal funds for the purpose of “supporting or facilitating Russia’s participation in G7 meetings and restoring the G8 with...