Elissa Slotkin Instagram – Yesterday, I sat down with my friend Sasha Ustinova and other Ukrainian parliamentarians for the first time since the passing of the National Security Supplemental last month, which will provide long-overdue aid the Ukrainians need to repel an ongoing Russian offensive.
While it should have arrived months ago, that aid is finally set to deliver critical weapons to the front lines and make a difference on the battlefield, and stop the first authoritarian invasion of a democracy since World War II.
But that doesn’t mean we can take our feet off the gas – we need to make sure those shipments move quickly, training accelerates, and that Ukraine has the right to defend itself from the Russian artillery hitting them from just over the border.
These are just some of the things we’ll be discussing next week as we start to mark up the first draft of the Pentagon budget in the House Armed Services Committee. | Posted on 16/May/2024 23:55:25
