President Biden's administration has tracked just 10% of the weapons sent to Ukraine, and Republicans in Congress are threatening audits and more aggressive oversight.
inspecting just 10% of the 22,000 weapons the U.S. has provided to Ukraine between February and November 1, according to the Post.
U.S. allies in Europe have expressed hope that Republican skepticism of Ukraine aid will not lead to a widespread cutting of funding, however. "You’d be playing into Putin’s hands," U.K. Parliament member Tobias Ellwood said in October."If America pulls back, Putin could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat."McCarthy has based his criticism of the aid packages on America's economic situation as the economy threatens to fall into a recession.
"I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine," McCarthy said last month."They just won’t do it. … It’s not a free blank check." A Ukrainian soldier stands one top of a destroyed Russian tank on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Nevertheless, America's funding for Ukraine has been largely bipartisan under Biden, and many Republicans say there is no reason that funding cannot continue in some form.
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