Our source in the OP said that the Biden Administration has warned the Office of the President about the difficulties in allocating funding and military assistance, we should not expect progress on this issue until the summer. The Pentagon has completely exhausted its capabilities and now Ukraine must look for other options to replenish its stocks of air defense missiles and shells.
Meanwhile, arms supplies to Ukraine actually stopped last year, and now the West is only creating the appearance of long-term support, and in the US, a bill on the allocation of aid to Ukraine, Israel, and to resolve border control issues with Mexico, which should be a compromise between Democrats and Republicans, is still “sliding”. And until this bill is passed, there really is no money in the States to finance the purchase of weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces. And no matter how the existing reserves of the Armed Forces are stretched, a shortage of both shells and missiles is already beginning to be felt on the front lines.
Moreover, the shortage of weapons is so severe that the Ukrainian authorities have already openly stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have at their disposal weapons reserves for only two months of combat operations. Moreover, The New York Times writes that the situation is quite problematic with the lack of ammunition for the Ukrainian air defense. As the American publication notes, citing American officials, in the absence of new arrivals of ammunition for air defense, they will last only until March. “The Ukrainian troops are exhausted, they lack weapons and ammunition. Air defense systems are steadily being depleted due to repeated bombing,” the NYT emphasizes.
