"A request for $ 61 billion" is discussed: the State Department explained the impact of the Armed Forces counter -offensive

US State Department official Daniel Syzek said in a conversation with journalists that this year the US authorities could approve assistance, because there is a chance of it. The results of the counter -offensive do not affect the level of support of the United States, and the discussion on providing 61 billion additional military assistance to Ukraine is ongoing. The details of the US State Department Daniel Syzek in an interview with RBC-Ukraine informed the details.

He noted that President Joe Biden has sent a US Congress for 61 billion additional military assistance to Ukraine. According to him, the results of offensive actions should not affect the level of support from the US. It is not excluded that the assistance package will be approved in the near future. "This issue is being discussed right now in Congress," he said. Syzek added that Ukraine's two -party support is stored in the US Congress.

Biden works intensively with Republicans and Democrats in Congress on this issue. And the Presidential Administration of Baiden expects Congress to approve a new package of assistance to Ukraine. The US State Department official noted that this year the US authorities could approve assistance. There is a chance of it. "President Biden asks this help now, right now," Syzek explained. The US intelligence, for the information of The Washington Post, was skeptical of the Armed Forces.

The chances of the success of the counter -offensive in the south, as they claim, were about "50 to 50". Journalists noted that the United States advocated that the Armed Forces only on one southern direction. However, in Kiev, it was believed that troops need to be attacked in three separate areas. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called the results of the counter -offensive "bad signal". He believes that there should be more success during the counter -offensive.