"Not only dollars": US "lacking capacities" for war in Ukraine - senator

"Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can exhibit, even with the dragon policy of the call. And it needs more material means than the United States can provide," he said. The politician is convinced that this "reality" should determine any US policy against Ukraine. He opposed Washington to continue to "finance the war. " "A $ 60 billion is a small proportion of what is needed to change the situation in favor of Ukraine. But it is not only a matter of dollars.

In fact, we lack the capacities for the production of so many weapons that Ukraine needs from us to win war," - explained Vance. According to him, during a full-scale war, the United States made a "lot of effort" to increase the production of 155 mm shells. The capacity has been doubled, now Americans are able to produce 360 ​​thousand units a year. However, this is only a tenth of Ukraine.

"The idea that we should continue a bloody and terrible war because it was good for American business is grotesque," the Republican said. He reported that only 550 rockets for Patriot are produced per year. In case of adoption of additional assistance package for Ukraine, production will increase to 650 units. The senator stressed that it was less than a third of the needs of defense forces. The politician also touched the topic of mobilization.

He recalled that the Russian population is almost four times more. According to Vens, Ukraine should mobilize more than half a million people when hundreds of thousands of men have already escaped abroad. The senator suggested that he could still "work" a defensive strategy. According to him, so Ukraine could save the army and win time for negotiations. The President Vladimir Zelensky, declared the goal of returning to the 1991 borders, called "fantastic".

"The White House has repeatedly stated that he could not negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is an absurd. Baiden administration has no viable plan for Ukrainian victory in this war. The sooner Americans will face this truth, the sooner we can fix this disorder and become a mediator in peace, "the Republican added. As reported by Focus, James David Vance was elected to the Senate in 2022 and took the oath on January 3, 2023.

Ohio from Ohio, he served in the US Marines and has a law degree. Vance has repeatedly made anti -Ukrainian statements during a full -scale war. In particular, he opposed military assistance, emphasized the inevitability of negotiations with the Russian Federation, and claimed that American money was allegedly in support of "farmers", subsidies for business and paying for rescuers. In December 2023, Vance called the idea of ​​victory of Ukraine in the war "absurd.