Mike Johnson does the absolute barest of minimums, and this is how CNN reacts.

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7. CNN reaches a new low.

The US war aid might be too little, too late for Ukraine

by Owen Matthews
The Spectator, April 21, 2024

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The money comes at a critical moment in Ukraine’s war effort. With US aid stalled in Congress since last October and European allies unable to source or manufacture munitions in time, front line units have reported a desperate shortage of artillery shells, with Russians firing up to six shells for every one the Ukrainians shot back. More importantly, a lack of missile defences has seen Russian ballistic and cruise missiles almost entirely destroy the electricity generation infrastructure of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, and severely damage that of Kyiv. Apparently random strikes on residential buildings across Ukraine since the New Year have left hundreds of civilians dead. The increasingly despairing Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky warned last week than if America did not resume its aid, ‘we will be defeated.’

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But for many ordinary Ukrainians, the aid is too little, too late. ‘While the Americans have been arguing, our children have been dying,’ says Mikhail Spivak, a Kyiv-based IT engineer who now develops drones to support infantry operations. ‘Of course it is good that more weapons will come. But we know our place now, we know the value [the US places on] Ukrainian lives. And it’s way below Israeli lives.’ A separate bill approving funding for Israel passed easily in Congress tonight, with 365 in favour and only 57 opposed.

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Source: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-us-war-aid-might-be-too-little-too-late-for-ukraine/