Russian army has almost completely recovered from losses – State Department official
4 April 2024 15:59
According to a representative of the US State Department, Russia has almost completely rebuilt its army after suffering huge losses during the invasion of Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, reports Korespondent Ukrainskyi 
citing DefenseNews.
“Over the past few months, we have assessed that Russia has almost completely rebuilt its military structure,”
– Campbell said at an event organised by the Centre for a New American Security.
Moscow is known to have sharply increased defence spending since 2022, to 6% of national GDP in its 2024 budget. This increase is part of a broader effort by the Kremlin to put the economy on a war footing.
U.S. officials attribute part of Russia’s success in rebuilding its military to the support of China, North Korea and Iran. Another anonymous U.S. administration official said this week that China has helped Russia weather economic and military setbacks over the past two years.
“We’ve really seen [the People’s Republic of China] start to help rebuild Russia’s defence industrial base, essentially replacing trade with European partners,” the official said,
– the official said.
Delay in funding aid to Ukraine
These comments come at a time when the Ukrainian army is in dire need of military and financial assistance from the United States. Instead, the US Congress has been unable to agree on a military aid bill for Ukraine since autumn 2023. President Joe Biden has proposed a national security bill worth more than $100 billion, including $61 billion to help Kyiv.
The document was not approved by Republicans, who want to include in the bill tighter border and migration measures on the US-Mexico border.
US President Joe Biden said he would not support a bill to help Israel initiated by Republicans in the House of Representatives without taking into account Ukraine’s needs.
on 13 February, the US Senate passed a bill unblocking aid to Ukraine. It provides for aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan totalling $95.34 billion, of which $61 billion is earmarked for Ukraine.
The bill now needs to be supported by the US House of Representatives, where Republicans are also refusing to vote for aid to Ukraine. According to the latest reports, the House of Representatives will consider the bill no sooner than in a few weeks.
“Festival of security agreements”
Against the backdrop of disappointing news from the US Congress, the “Festival of Security Agreements with Ukraine” is gaining momentum, with Western countries guaranteeing us security under bilateral agreements such as the Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine has already signed such agreements with the UK, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands and Finland. Under these agreements, these states pledge to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian threat with finance, weapons and humanitarian aid.
The United States and Poland may be among the next signatories, as it is known that the government is negotiating with these countries.
For example, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said that two rounds of talks between Ukraine and the US have already taken place on the content and content of the relevant agreement with the US government.
Ukraine is desperately trying to gain the support of the world. In particular, the following 5 points of the Ukrainian Formula for Peace were presented at this year’s Davos Economic Forum.
