The United States will be unable to provide Ukraine with new weapons if Congress does not allocate funding for such supplies. However, there is also good news.
This was reported at a briefing by Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor to the U.S. President.
He reminded that when the U.S. transfers weapons to Ukraine from its stockpiles under the "drawdown package," the government takes the money allocated by Congress and buys new weapons instead of the ones transferred.
"When we run out of money to buy weapons instead of the ones transferred, we cannot continue to supply weapons to Ukraine... We need Congress to support funding in a bipartisan manner. Because there is no way to bypass the simple arithmetic that when there is no funding to provide weapons to Ukraine, we simply cannot continue to provide weapons to Ukraine," added the U.S. President's advisor.
According to Sullivan, Congress needs to "take a step forward" because the U.S. "does not have a magical money pot hidden somewhere in the corner."
"The good news is that a very strong majority of both Democrats and Republicans support providing this assistance, so there is no reason why it should not be put to a vote in the House of Representatives and the Senate. And if it is put to a vote, we will see overwhelming bipartisan support for providing this funding," he added.
