"We all know what it means": in the White House responded to Putin's "straight line"

The White House Representative John Kirby reported this at a briefing, Kirby noted Putin's words, who stated that "peace would come only when Russia reaches its goals. " According to Kirby, the Kremlin has doubled the rates and does not intend to stop the war in Ukraine until Russia seizes its entire territory. In this regard, Kirby emphasized the need to allocate funds by the US Congress to support Ukraine "We all know what it means.

But I hope that Republicans from the House of Representatives who kept the most important assistance to Ukraine for months, heard Putin's message. Instead of They go home for holidays, and Ukrainians go into battle again. They are waiting for new shelling, new air attacks, new cold dark nights. And in the last 24-48 hours Russia has inflicted additional air strikes on the most important infrastructure facilities.

They will face New deaths and destruction for their families and their homeland, "Kirby said. Kirby called on the US Congress to approve a new package of assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible to help it withstand Russian aggression. He also stressed that the war in Ukraine is not an isolated event, but is a threat to international order. "Putin challenges the same international order that we have helped to build. He challenges the UN Statute. He challenges the concept of sovereignty.

He challenges democracy himself," Kirby said. According to him, if the dictators do not pay for their aggression, they continue to act. "Inaction is also an action," the White House representative said. Earlier it became known that the US Senate will continue to discuss the White House request for funds for Ukraine next week. It should be reminded that during the "straight line", December 14, Vladimir Putin stated that peace in Ukraine will come only after reaching the goals of Russia.