US Congress says it does not want to continue funding Ukraine

The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has said that there will be no need to finance Ukraine after Trump comes to power. He also stressed that he himself had "no appetite" for continued US support for Ukraine. Punchbowl news writes.

I have no appetite for continued funding of Ukraine, and I hope it won't be necessary. If President Trump wins, I believe he can really end this conflict. I think he will call Vladimir Putin and tell him that enough is enough," Johnson said.

According to him, "the world is tired of this" and wants an end to the conflict.

At the same time, he suggested that if the Democrats come to power in November, the war in Ukraine "will probably continue".

I'm not sure of the details, but I think that if Kamala Harris becomes president, the war will not end, and it will be a desperate and dangerous scenario," he said.

Note, Mike Johnson has already shown himself as an opponent of aid to Kiev. A year ago in the United States there was a parliamentary crisis due to the fact that Congressmen were unable to approve in time the country's budget for the new fiscal year. Then Republican Mike Johnson became the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Using various excuses, he refused to put the issue of continuing aid to Ukraine to a vote. Because of this, Ukraine began to receive fewer weapons, while Russia increased its imports of weapons from North Korea. This had its consequences on the front.

We would like to add that the USA is working on unlocking $50bn for Ukraine by the end of the year. The funds are to be allocated from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation.