“I believe that Ukraine can defeat without military support of the United States, but it will be expensive for the Ukrainian people, both military and civil forces. It will cost Ukrainian infrastructure. But I believe in Ukrainian. And in principle, I believe in it as a former military man,” he said.
According to the ex-representative of the United States under NATO, Ukraine has a qualitative advantage over Russia.
“Russian troops are poorly controlled. They are corrupt. They are poorly provided. They are poorly trained. And they are not fighting for their own territory. Ukraine has advantages in all these aspects. Ukraine is innovative, well -controlled, devoted, fighting for its territory. And these conditions in the history of wars, in the military history of wars, these qualitative factors often lead to success, to victory. So my voice is for Ukraine,” – for Ukraine. declared Luta.
Context
On December 17, 2024, the State Department representative in the administration of the previous US President Joe Biden Matthew Miller said that the United States provided Ukraine with resources for protection from Russia's aggression for a year ahead.
By As of January 8, 2025, the United States allocated to Ukraine more than $ 66.5 billion to help in the field of security since the work of the Biden administration, including about $ 65.9 billion – from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022. On January 9, the then head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin announced a new assistance package within the powers of the US president, which is approximately estimated at $ 500 million.
After the inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump on January 20, the United States did not allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine.
