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The window to deliver critically needed military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine is quickly closing and Capitol Hill is worried.
Ukrainian forces have been supported by the United States and other NATO allies, and have been fighting against the superior forces of Russian President Putin. The skies over the country arecontested, and there are signs that Russian troops were not aware that they would be asked to use lethal force against their fellow Slavs.
Russian forces have made gains in the south, including taking control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
The developments have raised new concerns and made it more important to get aid to Ukraine quickly.
The chairman of the House armed services committee said it was urgent. Once the Russians have regrouped, there is a chance to get weapons in to them.
He said that time is of the essence.
Western leaders have ruled out the option of engaging Putin's forces directly because Ukraine is not a part of NATO. Keeping combat troops outside of the borders of Ukraine and not delivering aid directly inside of the country for fear of a violent response from Putin is what that means.
The problem is that we are not willing to take a risk. Clearly they are not rational actors.
The United States and NATO are against creating a no-fly zone over Ukraine because of similar concerns.
You can't just say there is a no-fly zone. Elaine Luria is a Navy veteran and sits on the armed services panel. It would not be different than boots on the ground.
The U.S. and its allies have set up staging sites in Poland, which shares a 300-mile border with Ukraine, because of the hands-off approach. Ukrainian forces have the responsibility of shuttling the supplies into their country.
Brad Sherman is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Ukrainians want us to just fly them in. I don't think we will see Americans with guns in Ukrainian territory. They will have to live next to Russia for a long time. Hopefully not next to.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are racing to cross into the other direction, and Sherman said that the deliveries into Ukraine are taking place on the ground. The system leaves the aid vulnerable to weather, road conditions and Russian forces scrambling to prevent the weapons from reaching the Ukrainian soldiers.
Russia's current strategy is to surround these major cities in order to cut them off from supplies, according to a member of the armed services.
Lawmakers and administration officials have been reluctant to describe the operations in detail because it would alert Russia to how the aid is moving.
Pentagon officials last week briefed the armed services committee on the logistics of getting the aid across, with multiple warnings that any details about this could put it at risk.
Smith said that they were going to get it there.
The challenges are not political. Democrats and Republicans alike are united in their support of President Biden's call for emergency assistance, impelled by the global outrage toward Putin, the countless tales of Ukrainian heroism in the face of bleak odds and the grim threat that the number of civilian casualties could soon explode.
More than a million Ukrainians have fled the country, creating a humanitarian crisis being aired across cable news and social media, and U.S. officials expect the number to get much larger.
A vast majority of the $350 million in lethal aid earmarked by the Biden administration has already been delivered, the Pentagon said Friday. Congress is expected to provide an additional $10 billion, divided between military and humanitarian assistance, this week.
Smith said that the additional funding would go to Pentagon funds that the administration is already using to get aid out.
He said that the president was not waiting for Congress to act.
The U.S. has provided a host of weapon systems deemed appropriate for the unique circumstances, including portable anti-aircraft missiles and portable anti-tank missiles.
Other Western allies have offered additional weapons. Ukrainian officials say that drones provided by Turkey have helped their forces hit Russian targets.
The Ukrainian forces are badly outgunned by Putin. Military experts have been surprised by the effectiveness of the Ukrainian defense, but they expect Russian forces to seize the major cities. That could set the stage for a long and bloody fight against an underground Ukrainian resistance, a fight that would still rely on the success of the Western aid into the country.
The second stage of the fight may be a guerrilla stage, where the Russians control all the ports of entry, from Poland to Romania.
Western leaders are trying to get as much aid into Ukraine as possible before the window closes further.
The more weaponry we can get to them, the better they will be able to defend themselves.
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