By KYIV. Nov 28 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The new session week in the U.S. Congress begins with an active discussion of two documents concerning Ukraine: one of them was presented by Democrats, the second by Republicans, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova has said.
“The new session week in Congress begins with active discussion of (1) a letter from Democratic Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate Chuck Schummer to all Senators and (2) the document Proposed Plan for Victory in Ukraine, authored by Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee M. McCall (R), Chairman of the Intelligence Committee M. Turner (R) and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee M. Rogers (R),” she wrote on Facebook on Monday evening.
As Markarova said, the leader of the Senate Democratic Majority in her letter informs about “plans to consider U.S. budget bills, as well as the introduction for consideration of the U.S. Upper House of a corresponding large aid package, which provides for financing additional expenses for assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and U.S. partners in India Pacific region during the next session week beginning December 4.”
Markarova noted that the letter also contains a reminder of the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his meeting with senators on September 21 about the need for continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
“The letter also calls for passage of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) before the end of this year, which must be agreed to by both Houses in a joint conference and put up for a vote again. Senator Schummer also announced a closed-door briefing planned in the coming days on the situation in Ukraine for all U.S. senators,” Markarova said.
As the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States notes, in the second document (Proposed Plan for Victory in Ukraine), “Congressmen note that the alliance of Russia, China, Iran, Iranian proxies (like Hamas and Hezbollah) and North Korea undermines U.S. interests around the world. The United States has not faced a challenge like this since World War II, and Russian aggression against Ukraine is a marker of the readiness of the United States and the rest of the free world to confront this threat.”
As Markarova informs, “taking this into account, in their report, congressmen propose a broad outline of a victory plan, which includes the U.S. Administration’s approval of Ukraine’s victory strategy, strengthening existing accountability and responsibility measures, transferring weapons to Ukraine in the appropriate quantity and within the appropriate time period, strengthening sanctions and export control over Russia, increasing pressure on the G7 and the EU to transfer Russia’s frozen sovereign assets to Ukraine.”
