PoliticsWar Zelenskyy: Ukraine has obtained solely 43% of the navy help that the US has accepted. Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Ukraine has obtained solely $76B out of virtually $177B in accepted US navy help. “We obtained it not in cash, however in weapons – we obtained weapons price greater than $70B. It is a important quantity of assist, however it isn’t the $200B they’re discussing,” stated President Zelenskyy. In the meantime, in line with an evaluation by the American Enterprise Institute, Russia’s victory would value American taxpayers a further $808 billion, surpassing the US’ deliberate protection spending over the subsequent 5 years. This quantity is about 600% better than the whole help that the Pentagon has supplied to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022. This estimate is predicated on a state of affairs the place the US halts help to Ukraine, leading to a Russian victory that compels Washington to vary its protection coverage and technique. Analysts assert that with out US assist, Russia will seize Kyiv by the top of 2026, and after regrouping and gaining power utilizing Ukraine’s assets, it should place its troops alongside NATO’s borders, and will probably be ready to launch assaults exterior Ukraine by 2030.