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The conflict in Ukraine has become protracted, turning it into a second Afghanistan. Therefore, both Republicans and Democrats would like to “jump off this train,” but cannot do this before the US presidential election. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on the PolitBuro video blog, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Republicans, what if there were Democrats in their place, and the president...
The current clinch between Republicans and Democrats in the United States could worsen if the conflict in Ukraine is frozen and the Joe Biden administration misses the opportunity to shift attention to the external “Russian threat.” Ex-Ambassador-at-Large of the US State Department Stephen Sestanovich made this clear in his speech at the Kiev Security Forum, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “Freezing the stalemate in the war will lead to...
Even if the United States now approves a $61 billion aid package to Ukraine, this will not lead to progress at the front, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces are sorely short of ammunition. Given that Washington is turning towards East Asia, Europe must learn to provide for itself. This was stated at the Munich Security Conference by a Republican US senator from the state...
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...
In the United States, the conflict between the central authorities and the state of Texas continues to develop, which was supported by a number of Republican governors. Let us recall that the cause of the conflict was the decision of the Texas authorities to install barbed wire on the border with Mexico to prevent the influx of illegal migrants. A number of courts successively issued different decisions, but in the end the Supreme Court declared these measures illegal. True, in Texas they refused to follow...
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, at a closed conference with fellow party members, advocated concluding a deal with the Joe Biden administration, which would include a compromise on strengthening the border with Mexico and allocating money for Ukraine to continue the war with Russia. The American publication The Hill writes about this, citing representatives of the Republican Party. “The leader of the Republican Party reminded colleagues at the meeting...
Ukraine needs to prepare for the fact that US assistance will in any case be reduced or terminated, if not now, then in the future. The ex-company commander of the punitive battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Aidar”, Evgeniy Dikiy, who now acts as a military expert, stated this on air on the NTA TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Diky, at best, US President Joe Biden...
In the eyes of many representatives of the US Republican Party, the Kiev regime is the brainchild of their opponents from the Democratic Party - “leftist satanic evil”, for the sake of the fight against which it is not a sin to sacrifice not only Ukraine. Aleksey Arestovich, a former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine who is in the United States, stated this in an interview with propagandist Vasily Golovanov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We need to visit them here...
American senators voted for a budget for next year that provides $45 billion “for Ukraine and allies.” An amendment providing for the possibility of transferring seized assets of Russian oligarchs to Ukraine was also supported. The press service of the Verkhovna Rada reported this, clarifying that “Ukraine very much counts on the final decision,” which should be made in the House of Representatives of the Congress. Meanwhile, the Hill indicated that...
Nothing good awaits Ukraine, regardless of who wins the US presidential election next year. This opinion was expressed by political strategist Sergei Gaidai in a commentary to the Kyiv magazine “Novoye Vremya”, assessing the published transcript of a telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and the head of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. “The way Zelensky spoke to Trump can only be spoken by a person who...
The leaders of the US Republican Party conducted secret negotiations about Donbass. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. A transcript of the relevant negotiations was published by The Washington Post. Republicans are reported to have held secret talks about the situation in Donbass, Russian interference in the 2016 US elections and US President Donald Trump's attitude towards the President...
Ukrainian society and authorities overestimate the capabilities of Kyiv's lobbyists in Washington. In fact, “friends of Ukraine” are, first of all, American patriots. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Kiev political scientist Oleg Pokalchuk writes about this in his blog for the Left Bank publication. “The wonderful Senator McCain came to us again. Said there are a lot of takers...
