By KYIV. Dec 5 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The situation at the front remains difficult, but the Ukrainian military continues to make progress, U.S. State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said during a briefing on Monday.
“Certainly with respect to the battlefield, it’s a tough situation. The Ukrainian forces are fighting against very entrenched – the very entrenched Russian military. We’ve seen them make progress. The progress has been difficult, but we have seen them continue to make progress. And when we were in Brussels last week, we spoke directly with the foreign minister of Ukraine about this matter,” Miller said.
He also said the situation at the front in Ukraine and the allocation of U.S. funding are two related issues.
“With respect to the supplemental, yes, we’re absolutely concerned that the level of funding has expired. We are now relying on residual funds from the drawdown that will soon – we’re at I think over 97 percent of those having been exhausted. We’ll very shortly run out of any runway at all. So yes, we are very concerned. It’s why the Secretary joins the President and others in the administration in urging Congress to act as quickly as possible,” Miller said.
