Ukraine Aid Is Running Out, State Department Warns

The United States said on Monday that while Ukraine is making some progress on the battlefield, concerns exist about its funding, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

“With respect to the battlefield, it’s a tough situation,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told a daily briefing when responding to TURAN's questions.

“The Ukrainian forces are fighting against the very entrenched Russian military. We’ve seen them make progress. The progress has been difficult, but we have seen them continue to make progress. And when we were in Brussels last week, we spoke directly with the foreign minister of Ukraine about this matter,” Miller said.

In the meantime, with respect to the supplemental, the spokesperson went on to add, "yes, we’re absolutely concerned that the level of funding has expired. We are now relying on residual funds from the drawdown that will soon – we’re at I think over 97 percent of those having been exhausted. We’ll very shortly run out of any runway at all. So yes, we are very concerned.  It’s why the Secretary joins the president and others in the administration in urging Congress to act as quickly as possible.”

Miller's comments came as the White House budget director Shalanda Young warned in a letter to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders on Monday that the United States was running out of time and money to help Ukraine fight its war with Russia.

“I want to be clear: without congressional action, by the end of the year we will run out of resources to procure more weapons and equipment for Ukraine and to provide equipment from U.S. military stocks,” Young wrote. “There is no magical pot of funding available to meet this moment. We are out of money—and nearly out of time.”

The Biden's administration in October asked Congress for nearly $106 billion to fund ambitious plans for Ukraine, Israel and U.S. border security