: 𝐔𝐒 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐙𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States, has announced that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will not be addressing the legislature while in Washington. A private encounter with Zelensky at the National Archives is what he has in mind instead. Ukraine, which has asked for an additional $24 billion in aid from the Biden administration, was the reason for Zelensky’s trip to the United States. Republicans in Washington have made it clear that they are reluctant to continuing assistance for Ukraine, signaling a major shift in the administration’s support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The fight over funding the U.S. government for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on October 1, includes the question of whether to increase spending for Ukraine. While some members of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s caucus have been more blunt in their criticism, McCarthy himself has voiced worries about accountability and the strategy for victory.

Since Ukraine’s counteroffensive has not produced the outcomes that many experts and officials projected, the risks of a lengthy conflict have increased, and Zelensky is facing a different political reality than the one that met him last year. Republicans in Congress are becoming vocal in their opposition to maintaining current spending levels, and the fight about allocating extra funds to Ukraine is simply one front in the broader conflict over the federal budget.

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