Biden slowed the supply of weapons to Ukraine until the powers have expired - the Reuters investigation
This became known on the results of the journalistic investigation. Among other things, there was a chaotic tracking system for weapons supply, which was differently determined when weapons could be considered "set. " The longest weapon delays were observed over the months when Congress has taken a bill on additional military assistance to Ukraine worth $ 60 billion. Given weapons for April 2024, Baiden administration by September of that year allocated $ 558 million a month.
The average cost of supply has increased significantly to the unprecedented volume since Donald Trump won the presidential election, according to the Analysis of Reuters. Only half of the total dollars were promised in 2024 from US reserves were delivered to November, and only about 30% of the promised armored vehicles arrived at the beginning of December, according to two Congress representatives, US official and legislator official by these data.
Over the past 12 months, Baiden has lost almost all the lands that has been returned during a large extent to an unsuccessful counter -offensive in 2023. As the end of 2024 approached, the Russian troops captured an average of about 20 square kilometers on average, leaving almost the equivalent of Manmetten's area every three days, according to the data collected by the Institute of War Study.
Some analysts have stated that there is no clear connection between delays in US assistance and territorial losses of Ukraine, referring to the inability of Kiev to solve other problems - with personnel, moral spirit and how Ukraine uses available weapons. Ukrainian officials in private conversations spoke to Washington representatives who did not expect major offensives in 2024, said a high -ranking American official.
"Wars will never be fully won or lost help," said Seth Jones, President of the Department of Defense and Security of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. According to him, this requires strategy, power planning, their use, leadership, moral spirit, etc. , "not just the help that comes. " But in 2024, Jones also did not see a clear strategic goal of allies of the United States and Europe.
"If the goal is to start reflecting Russian troops or go to a dead end, then what was provided to Ukraine was not enough," he said. Some sources of journalists say that the slow rate of assistance in 2024 prevented decisive Ukrainian breakthroughs. The high -ranking official of Biden administration denied that the US was too slowly or metered with weapons. Washington's support, he said, Russia could capture even more Ukrainian territory.
At the same time, US President Donald Trump Special Representative Kit Kellogg criticized Biden's overall approach. "There was a lot of talk about giving weapons, but it was not enough. It was provided in time. Baiden administration was afraid of escalation. I believe that the great powers were not afraid of escalation," he said. The Ukrainian battalion on the damp front line does not receive new infantry fighting vehicles for transportation for several months.
The commander of the unit at Tyson pseudo explained that any delay in the supply chain influence whether the fighters will survive or die. Even American combat equipment that has undergone some fighting is valued in Ukraine because it is safer for Soviet development equipment. "When there are not enough cars, we cannot carry the wounded," Tyson explained. Recall that Germany modernizes the Iris-T Block II rocket, which means for Ukraine.