Military aid to Ukraine, blocked in the American Congress for several months and on which elected officials must vote on Saturday, "will not be able to change anything" in the situation on the front, the Kremlin assured Thursday.
“This cannot in any way influence the development of the situation on the fronts. (…) This cannot change anything,” the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, told the press.
A critical situation on the front
The Russian army has been on the offensive for several months at different points of the front line, which extends about 1,000 km in eastern and southern Ukraine.
For its part, exhausted by two years of fighting, Ukraine is struggling against the Russian army, which is superior in number of soldiers and quantity of weapons and ammunition.
Ukrainian forces also lack air defense systems to protect their cities and so-called “essential” infrastructure from Russian missiles and explosive drones.
Trumpists block aid six months before presidential election
In mid-March, President Volodymyr Zelensky deemed a rapid decision by the American Congress on the release of aid to his country to be “critically important”.
The adoption of this aid package comprising nearly $61 billion in military and economic assistance has been demanded for months by Joe Biden, with the American leader saying on Wednesday again “very favorable” to this envelope.
It has already been approved by the Senate with a Democratic majority, but remains blocked in Congress, with Republican representatives, supporting Donald Trump, turning a deaf ear six months before the presidential election.