{"id":2231420,"date":"2024-04-27T05:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T09:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-ukraine-aid-has-passed-what-does-success-look-like-in-eyes-of-biden-administration\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T05:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T09:48:01","slug":"now-ukraine-aid-has-passed-what-does-success-look-like-in-eyes-of-biden-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/now-ukraine-aid-has-passed-what-does-success-look-like-in-eyes-of-biden-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"After Ukraine aid approval, how does the Biden administration define success?"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnow-ukraine-aid-has-passed-what-does-success-look-like-in-eyes-of-biden-administration%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=2231420&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--><p>The Department of Defense\u2063 announced two \u2063billion-dollar military aid packages post President Joe Biden signing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-diverting-attention-from-its-wrongdoings-in-hong-kong-state-department\/\" title=\"China Diverting Attention From Its Wrongdoings in Hong Kong: State Department\">national security legislation<\/a>. \u2063The\u2062 aid&#8217;s impact on Ukraine&#8217;s \u2062success remains unclear, \u2062with questions about battlefield outcomes and the administration&#8217;s objectives. House Republicans criticized the lack of clarity around the aid&#8217;s purpose and the delayed support felt by Ukrainian forces.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Defense<\/a> has announced two billion-dollar military aid packages, short- and long-term deliveries, in the days since President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> signed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-rejects-borderless-ukraine-bill-ahead-of-senate-passage-the-house-will-work-its-own-will\/\" title=\"Johnson opposes borderless Ukraine bill before Senate approval: House to exercise its own discretion\">national security supplemental legislation<\/a> into law.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s unclear what impact it\u2019ll have on the battlefield or what success in Ukraine even looks like in the eyes of the Biden administration, be it total victory against Russia or simply buying enough time to push it to the negotiating table. Lack of clarity on the end game has led to criticism from the portion of House Republicans who held up the passage of Biden\u2019s supplemental request for several months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no person in the United States House of Representatives that can tell you what objective we are meeting by injecting this money into Ukraine,\u201d Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), a\u00a0member of the\u00a0House Foreign Affairs Committee who voted against the aid package, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cThere is nobody that\u00a0can tell you if we just bought Ukraine victory in six months or six years. We have no analysis from the Pentagon about what this money will do.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The United States had largely been unable to provide Ukraine with military aid since the start of 2024, and Ukrainian forces have felt the delay on the front lines. Troops were forced to ration ammunition, resulting in low morale. Civilians, meanwhile, have been under constant bombardment given Ukraine\u2019s limited air defenses without the U.S. support, and they had to withdraw from the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said from the very beginning, you heard the president say that our goal is to see a democratic, independent, and sovereign Ukraine that has a capability to defend itself and deter aggression going forward,\u201d Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lloyd Austin<\/a> said on Friday when asked about the U.S. strategy toward Ukraine. \u201cAnd so you see us working towards that end with not only the capability that we\u2019re providing Ukraine in the current battle but the kinds of things that we\u2019re helping Ukraine build for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine can be successful if it has the right amount of security assistance, so we are all very grateful for Congress passing the supplemental,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon announced a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine on Wednesday that will allow for military aid to get to Ukraine quickly, while it announced a longer-term $6 billion aid package that will go to U.S. defense contractors who will be contracted to manufacture weapons for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Ukraine could win the war, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charles-q-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gen. Charles Q. Brown\">Gen. Charles Q. Brown<\/a>, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. \u201cThe key part here is to make sure Ukraine can defend itself.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAnd as the secretary highlighted and I have talked about here recently is that unchecked aggression leads to more aggression. So this is why it is so important for us to put Ukraine in a\u00a0place to defend itself and that we don\u2019t have this broaden to a much wider conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin and Brown convened the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Friday, meeting virtually with defense leaders from roughly 50 countries. The leaders meet monthly to discuss Ukraine\u2019s most pressing battlefield needs. This meeting coincided with the second anniversary of the first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequences of the delay have been felt in Ukraine,\u201d national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. \u201cOver the past six months, Ukraine has had to ration ammunition, and that has resulted in the loss of some territory in the east, including the city of Avdiivka. \u2026 They are still under severe pressure on the battlefield, and it is certainly possible that Russia could make additional tactical gains in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is that it\u2019s going to take some time for us to dig out of the hole that was created by six months of delay before Congress passed the supplemental,\u201d he added. \u201cWe assess that Ukraine\u2019s position in this conflict will improve, and we believe that Ukraine can and will win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan did not specify what winning the war would look like, nor did it articulate what exactly the aid would allow them to do.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation did overwhelmingly pass and included support from key Republican leaders in the House and Senate. Many defense hawks in the GOP support Ukraine, and some argue Biden should do more to enable Ukrainian success. <\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, \u201cUkraine can absolutely win this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. and our allies must put Ukraine in as strong of a position as possible to either precipitate a Russian battlefield collapse or negotiate its terms of victory against Russia from a position of strength,\u201d he said. \u201cMake no mistake: Putin\u2019s entire theory of victory is that he can outlast Western support for Ukraine. The recent passage of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-clashes-with-heckler-accusing-her-of-hypocrisy-over-free-speech\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton confronts heckler accusing her of 'hypocrisy' on free speech.\">national security package<\/a> will put Ukraine in a better position on the battlefield against Russian forces and further show Putin that he cannot outlast us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon confirmed this week that the U.S. had provided long-range missiles known as the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to Ukraine last month. It provided more in the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-325-million-in-new-military-aid-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"US to provide Ukraine with 5M in fresh military aid.\">aid package announced<\/a> this week. The U.S. had previously denied this Ukrainian request, but Biden changed his mind in February.<\/p>\n<p>Austin also warned that the security consequences of a Russian victory in Ukraine \u201cwould be grave and global.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense reveals two billion-dollar military aid packages, for short- and long-term delivery, post President Biden&#8217;s security legislation. 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