{"id":1355129,"date":"2022-03-02T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355129"},"modified":"2022-03-02T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:23:32","slug":"senators-meet-with-ukrainian-ambassador-to-discuss-supplemental-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-meet-with-ukrainian-ambassador-to-discuss-supplemental-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators meet with Ukrainian ambassador to discuss supplemental funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-meet-with-ukrainian-ambassador-to-discuss-supplemental-funding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1355129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2684753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2684753\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2684753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059845199183.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, center, meets with members of the Senate Ukraine Caucus including co-chairs Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center right, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059845199183.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059845199183-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059845199183-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059845199183-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2684753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, center, meets with members of the Senate Ukraine Caucus including co-chairs Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center right, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:20 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 2, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Members of the Senate met with the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. to discuss supplemental funding that could be given to the European country. On Monday, senators from both parties discussed options with Oksana Markarova in regards to furthering U.S. involvement in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting came while Congress works on providing arms ammunition and direct funding to the Ukrainian government as they continue to push back an invading Russian forces. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said that he doesn\u2019t believe Russian President Vladimir Putin can win the war as even if he\u2019s victorious in Ukraine, he will have spent any goodwill from NATO and any other civilized country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cVladimir Putin will lose this battle, he will lose this war,\u201d stated the Virginia lawmaker. \u201cHe will be a pariah amongst not only NATO and America, but among all civilized nations around the world. That will be his legacy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) concurred with Warner\u2019s characterization and went even further, saying he doesn\u2019t believe the Ukrainian people would accept a puppet government run by Putin.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t know how Putin wins one way or the other,\u201d said the Florida Republican. \u201cEven if he crushes the military, he can\u2019t possibly\u2026that country will never accept him or his puppet government that he leaves behind as their rightful leaders.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many of the senators, including Democrats, are also acknowledging that American energy independence is a national security issue more than anything. They pointed out that the U.S. buys over half a million barrels of oil everyday from Putin\u2019s Russia. The senators believe that the time to drill in the U.S. is now, not only to keep U.S. energy prices down, but to help Europeans who will suffer after being cut off from Russian gas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2684754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2684754\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2684754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22057770143582.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine&#039;s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22057770143582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22057770143582-315x210-1.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22057770143582-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22057770143582-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2684754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) noted that the ambassador is only asking for two things: a ban on Russian gas imports and further U.S. involvement through weapons sales as well as economic aid.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe one thing we\u2019re not doing that would affect him the most is sanction the oil and gas sector of Russian economy,\u201d explained the South Carolina lawmaker. \u201cThe Ukrainian ambassador was begging for two things: go after Putin\u2019s oil and gas industry and continue to supply us with weapons and economic assistance.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also believes that Putin\u2019s aggression needs to be countered by reversing course on energy. He said it\u2019s time for the U.S. to step up to the plate with energy production and end the ban on new drilling at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re buying over 600,000 barrels a day of crude from Russia,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for quite some time. And I just think that basically for us to set the example and ask the rest of the world to step up to the plate, we have to step up to the plate. That means basically reversing some of the decisions have been made on no leasing, not drilling and basically cutting back. We need energy independence more now than ever before.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The senators explained they are finishing the final details of legislation to provide more aid to the Ukrainians with committee chair Chris Coons (D-Del.),\u00a0 while noting the details are in the scale of the package.<\/p>\n<p>As they try to work out a deal, Putin continues his offensive against Ukraine. The Russian president was reportedly hoping to take the country without much resistance, but is now bogged down in increasingly violent offensive campaigns to take outlying areas as he threatens to cutoff Kiev from supplies in an attempt at a final capitulation.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mike-pompeo-iran-nuclear-talks-are-against-americas-interests\/\">Mike Pompeo: Iran Nuclear Talks Are Against America\u2019s Interests<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova, center, meets with members of the Senate Ukraine Caucus including co-chairs Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center right, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 10:20 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Members of the Senate met &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}