According to international relations specialist Ishaan Tarur, Washington in this scenario can arrange a "republican winter" for KievWASHINGTON, November 7.
/tass/. If the Republican Party's representatives succeed in the midterm congressional elections on November 8, the United States may reduce or even stop helping Kiev, arranging a "republican winter" for it. This opinion was expressed on Monday by the columnist of the American newspaper The Washington Post and an expert on international relations Ishaan Tarur.
The publication cites the statement of Republican Marjorie Taylor Green, who said that Ukraine under the Republicans "will not receive a penny." "Her party is expected to make significant gains in the midterm elections on Tuesday and may correct the entire approach of the United States on the issue of supporting the resistance of Ukraine," the newspaper columnist writes.
According to him, there is no consensus in the Republican Party on the degree of support for Ukraine. Green represents the point of view of a part of the Republican electorate, the opposite position is expressed by more prominent representatives of the party, like Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader in the Senate, who advocates increasing military assistance to Kiev, the publication says.
"The Republican-led House of Representatives, among other things, is expected to increase pressure on the administration of [US President Joe] Biden in connection with its actions to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, as well as increase political pressure on Iran," the newspaper columnist writes. In his opinion, Ukraine should not count on support either, given that Congress has already approved the allocation of aid in the amount of up to $ 60 billion, and Kiev is persistently asking the West to increase the amount of aid. On the eve of the elections, various candidates and legislators from the Republican Party indicated that funding should be stopped, the author of the material reminds.
In European countries, he added, they fear a reduction in aid to Kiev, since European politicians may not be able to show "the political will to fill the gap." They are also concerned about the prospects of assistance from the United States in Kiev, the newspaper writes.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said earlier that the results of the upcoming midterm congressional elections in November are unlikely to have a significant impact on the support that Washington provides to Kiev.
Earlier, the leader of the Republican minority of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, made it clear that assistance to Kiev in the event of a Republican victory in the upcoming midterm congressional elections may be reduced. At the same time, as the Politico newspaper noted this month, there is a split in the ranks of Republicans. Some of them, following McCarthy, are "wary" of long-term financial support for Kiev, while others, after the comments of the minority leader in the lower house, on the contrary, decided to allocate another aid package to Ukraine more actively and promptly.
