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U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine (www.telesurenglish.net)

submitted 8 months ago by little_cow@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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"We have issued the last package that we had withdrawn and for which we had funding," John Kirby said. White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said at a briefing Thursday that "the assistance we were providing has come to a halt."

The White House official also said it is very important that Congress continues to approve the allocation of money to Ukraine. He stressed that Kiev needs help more urgently during the winter period.

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[-] MightBe@lemmy.world 90 points 8 months ago

The headline is a bit misleading, as you can see in the 2nd paragraph of the submission text, it's the current round of assistance that has halted, and they're pushing for Congress to continue their support of Ukraine.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

Purposely so, that site was using sources and links to RT news.

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, the site is suspect. The article uses the Russian spelling "Kiev" instead of the Ukranian "Kyiv," which is a giveaway that the site might be spreading Russian propaganda. Also:

Argentina seems to show a particularly interesting trend. The country has the region’s highest number of RT online readers, and, in 2014, it was one of the first countries in the region to allow RT to broadcast on public television. Current Argentine President Alberto Fernandez has since added Telesur, the Venezuelan television network, to his country’s basic national television service. Telesur now streams Russian propaganda and disinformation to 83% of the Argentine population. Given the reach of these outlets, it is an unlikely coincidence that 67.4% of Argentinian residents said in 2020 that they view Russia favorably.

https://www.bfna.org/digital-world/growing-audiences-and-influence-russian-media-in-latin-america-7wlrwqpupm/

[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

And it's not that it has halted.

It has concluded.

It being halted would mean that that which was meant to be allocated is stopped from being allocated before all of it was allocated.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I'm sure Ukraine appreciates the difference.

[-] Endorkend@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If Zelensky and Ukrainians actions and words are an indicator, yes, they appreciate the difference between bullshit and saying what's what.

[-] blazera@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Have you missed them pleading for continued US support?

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