Political analyst after Kirby's words on Ukraine reminded of the end of Biden's powers
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The statement by the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, that Ukraine should have a strong position during negotiations with Russia is the last cry of the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden. Political scientist and military analyst Vadym Mingalev shared this assessment with Izvestia on January 15.
Kirby made the corresponding statement at a briefing the day before. He emphasized that Washington will not impose negotiations on Kiev, but if it passes, Ukraine should have a position of strength, because "theUS literally moved mountains and was at the head of the world" to help it.
"Kirby is yesterday, in five days a new administration takes office, which, I emphasize, can change the decisions of the previous one by 180 degrees. <...> This is the last cry, a cry in support of Ukraine, it's all verbiage," Mingalev commented.
According to him, now the West is trying to "make a good face at a bad game", as the situation is not at all in Ukraine's favor. He also noted that the defeats of the Ukrainian army led to failure, in particular, the Democratic Party of the USA and investors who lost a lot of money on investments in the country.
Earlier in the day, Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul said that the surveyed US citizens would prefer that the authorities spend budget funds to help the inhabitants of their own country rather than Ukraine. The politician noted that the majority in Washington still wants to send American funds to Kiev, but not in the states themselves.
At the same time, a day earlier Kirby said that the current US President Joe Biden tried to convince the US leader-elect Donald Trump to continue supporting Ukraine.
Earlier, on January 9, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the US was allocating a new $500 million military aid package to Ukraine. American TV host and political activist Charlie Kirk criticized the decision, made during the large-scale fires in California.
Western countries have stepped up military and financial support for Ukraine amid Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, after the situation in the region worsened due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.
