"We have issued the last package that we had withdrawn and for which we had funding," John Kirby said.

“We have issued the last package that we had withdrawn and for which we had funding,” John Kirby said. White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said at a briefing Thursday that “the assistance we were providing has come to a halt.”

The White House official also said it is very important that Congress continues to approve the allocation of money to Ukraine. He stressed that Kiev needs help more urgently during the winter period.

  • Might Be
    90•10 months ago

    The headline is a bit misleading, as you can see in the 2nd paragraph of the submission text, it’s the current round of assistance that has halted, and they’re pushing for Congress to continue their support of Ukraine.

      • @Etterra
        77•10 months ago

        How the hell did we go from McCarthyism to “hurting Russia is less important than hurting democrats” in this hellhole?

          • @[email protected]English
            2•10 months ago

            It’s pretty easy for a foreign government to buy a small handful of US Congresspeople or Senators to do their bidding.

        • @[email protected]
          15•10 months ago

          Because McCarthyism wasn’t about being anti-Russia, it was about being anti-communist. And since Communism is generally (always?) politically left, it’s still and always has been about being reactionary conservative.

        • Zorque
          10•10 months ago

          Well there’s been about forty to fifty years between them. So… a lot?

        • @ghostdoggtv
          7•10 months ago

          Dark money and the southern strategy.

        • @someguy3
          2•10 months ago

          Once the cold war was over they needed a new enemy to vilify.

      • @MicroWaveEnglish
        16•10 months ago

        Yeah, the site is suspect. The article uses the Russian spelling “Kiev” instead of the Ukranian “Kyiv,” which is a giveaway that the site might be spreading Russian propaganda. Also:

        Argentina seems to show a particularly interesting trend. The country has the region’s highest number of RT online readers, and, in 2014, it was one of the first countries in the region to allow RT to broadcast on public television. Current Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has since added Telesur, the Venezuelan television network, to his country’s basic national television service. Telesur now streams Russian propaganda and disinformation to 83% of the Argentine population. Given the reach of these outlets, it is an unlikely coincidence that 67.4% of Argentinian residents said in 2020 that they view Russia favorably.

        https://www.bfna.org/digital-world/growing-audiences-and-influence-russian-media-in-latin-america-7wlrwqpupm/

          • Cosmic Cleric
            2•10 months ago

            Argentina has a lot of Russians that go there to have their baby. Apparently the baby gets citizenship if born there. So a lot of Russian young couples go there apparently.

            What does having Argentinian citizenship get you though, from a Russian’s perspective?

    • Endorkend
      8•10 months ago

      And it’s not that it has halted.

      It has concluded.

      It being halted would mean that that which was meant to be allocated is stopped from being allocated before all of it was allocated.

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        7•10 months ago

        I’m sure Ukraine appreciates the difference.

        • Endorkend
          3•10 months ago

          If Zelensky and Ukrainians actions and words are an indicator, yes, they appreciate the difference between bullshit and saying what’s what.

          • blazera
            1•10 months ago

            Have you missed them pleading for continued US support?