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Three Americans who served in the Ukrainian forces warned of the dire consequences of a war with Russia if Congress does not accept more aid to kyiv. The current stalemate in Congress over additional funding for Ukraine threatens to give Moscow a major advantage in the nearly two-year-old conflict, according to the trio, who felt compelled to travel to Ukraine to fight the Russians. “It becomes frustrating when the country is paralyzed,” said an American soldier who joined Ukraine's international legion and arrived in the country in August 2022. He was assigned to the GUR, the country's military intelligence agency. «The United States dictates the outcome of this war. If we decide that Ukraine will win, then Ukraine will win. “If America just sleeps, Russia will take whatever it can get,” the soldier said. News Week speaking on condition of anonymity. Ukrainian soldiers are seen in an artillery unit after firing on Russian positions on December 30, 2023, in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Pierre Crom/Getty Images Returning to the United States after three tours to the front lines in Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut and Kupiansk, he was part of a delegation that visited Washington last month to speak with American lawmakers about their experiences on the front lines and the urgent need for additional military personnel.
Help Ukraine. Organized by the RT Weatherman Foundation, which evacuated and repatriated dead and wounded American volunteer veterans fighting in Ukraine, the group consisted of former American service members who fought for Kiev forces and American families who lost loved ones during war. «I am not particularly political. I only work from ideals, the ideal is that evil is simply evil and we face it and it must be stopped," said the soldier. If Algeria Mobile Number List Ukraine loses, we lose. "Everyone loses." According to him, Ukraine needs artillery, mine detection and better technologies to combat drones, in addition to ammunition. "When we were in the trenches, the Ukrainians were very worried about running out of ammunition," he said. "We were shooting and the Ukrainian commander who was in the trench kept saying, 'Stop, stop, stop, put away the ammunition.' And so he continued to reduce the rate of fire. He added that he didn't think the Russians were well trained as soldiers, "but over time they get better at what they do. They learn their lessons on the battlefield. "They are not afraid of losing hundreds of thousands of people." men.
His experiences in Ukraine between fall 2022 and fall 2023, including near the city of Avdiivka, which Russia could soon capture, gave him insight into what Kiev's forces urgently needed, including more drones, medical supplies and stretchers. “Some of my friends on missions had problems with artillery when I was in the field,” he said. News Week . "They didn't have enough and I think things would have been different if we had had that superiority." He continued: "Finding a way to counterattack would be a big help, and the obvious thing would be to have more and bigger weapons that could knock them out before they knock us out." Disputes in Congress over whether to provide more arms aid to Ukraine continue to intensify as the war enters its third year after February 24. President Joe Biden had been working with Senate leaders on a plan to combine policies to curb illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. with $60 billion in war aid for Ukraine. But with Republicans rejecting the compromise, Biden and Senate leaders have no clear way to advance aid to Ukraine through Congress. The Republican opposition has the support of Donald Trump, who has rejected the border proposal as insufficient and criticizes the financing for Ukraine as wasteful.
Help Ukraine. Organized by the RT Weatherman Foundation, which evacuated and repatriated dead and wounded American volunteer veterans fighting in Ukraine, the group consisted of former American service members who fought for Kiev forces and American families who lost loved ones during war. «I am not particularly political. I only work from ideals, the ideal is that evil is simply evil and we face it and it must be stopped," said the soldier. If Algeria Mobile Number List Ukraine loses, we lose. "Everyone loses." According to him, Ukraine needs artillery, mine detection and better technologies to combat drones, in addition to ammunition. "When we were in the trenches, the Ukrainians were very worried about running out of ammunition," he said. "We were shooting and the Ukrainian commander who was in the trench kept saying, 'Stop, stop, stop, put away the ammunition.' And so he continued to reduce the rate of fire. He added that he didn't think the Russians were well trained as soldiers, "but over time they get better at what they do. They learn their lessons on the battlefield. "They are not afraid of losing hundreds of thousands of people." men.
His experiences in Ukraine between fall 2022 and fall 2023, including near the city of Avdiivka, which Russia could soon capture, gave him insight into what Kiev's forces urgently needed, including more drones, medical supplies and stretchers. “Some of my friends on missions had problems with artillery when I was in the field,” he said. News Week . "They didn't have enough and I think things would have been different if we had had that superiority." He continued: "Finding a way to counterattack would be a big help, and the obvious thing would be to have more and bigger weapons that could knock them out before they knock us out." Disputes in Congress over whether to provide more arms aid to Ukraine continue to intensify as the war enters its third year after February 24. President Joe Biden had been working with Senate leaders on a plan to combine policies to curb illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. with $60 billion in war aid for Ukraine. But with Republicans rejecting the compromise, Biden and Senate leaders have no clear way to advance aid to Ukraine through Congress. The Republican opposition has the support of Donald Trump, who has rejected the border proposal as insufficient and criticizes the financing for Ukraine as wasteful.