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More Americans say U.S. is giving Ukraine too much aid
More Americans say the United States has provided too much aid to war-torn Ukraine, a shift in opinion due in large part to a growing partisan divide, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest polling.
As Russia’s invasion approaches its first anniversary, Americans largely back some sort of aid, but support for the Biden administration’s approach is fading, especially among Republicans, according to the survey released Tuesday. The poll found that about a quarter of Americans now say the United States is providing too much support to Ukraine, up six percentage points since September and 19 points since March, shortly after the war began. Meanwhile, 31 percent say it is giving the right amount. One-fifth of Americans would like to see the United States give Ukraine additional assistance, according to the poll conducted Jan. 18-24 among 5,152 U.S. adults. Over 20 percent said they were not sure. . ." READ MORE
More than a quarter of Americans say U.S. provides too much support to Ukraine: Poll
Antiwar protesters demonstrate outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC., U.S., December 21, 2022. /CFP
"A growing portion of Americans think the United States has provided too much support to Ukraine, as the Biden administration and other Western allies ramp up their backing of the country in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in recent weeks, according to a new Pew Research Center poll.
More than a quarter (26 percent) of Americans said the U.S. is providing too much support to Ukraine, an increase of six percentage points since last September and of 19 points since March 2022, shortly after the conflict began last year, the survey revealed on Tuesday.
"While 31 percent say it is giving the right amount and 20 percent would like to see the U.S. give Ukraine additional assistance," said the poll, conducted January 18 to 24 among 5,152 U.S. adults.
"This shift in opinion is mostly attributable to the growing share of Republicans who say the U.S. is providing too much support to Ukraine. Today, 40 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents hold this view, up from 32 percent in the fall and much higher than the 9 percent who held this view in March of last year," said the survey.
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The U.S. has provided billions of dollars to Ukraine to support its military since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February 2022. And it is readying over $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine, including "longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons," two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday."
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"The United States is readying more than $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine that is expected to include longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons, two U.S. officials briefed on the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
The aid is expected to be announced as soon as this week, the officials said. It is also expected to include support equipment for Patriot air defense systems, precision-guided munitions and Javelin anti-tank weapons, they added.
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One of the officials said a portion of the package, expected to be $1.725 billion, would come from a fund known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows President Joe Biden's administration to get weapons from industry rather than from U.S. weapons stocks.
The White House declined to comment. The contents and size of aid packages can shift until they are signed by the president.
The U.S. has sent approximately $27.2 billion worth of security assistance to Ukraine since Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February 2022."
(Cover: Ukrainian servicemen adjust a mortar tube at the battlefront in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 31, 2023. /CFP)
More Americans say U.S. is giving Ukraine too much aid
More Americans say the United States has provided too much aid to war-torn Ukraine, a shift in opinion due in large part to a growing partisan divide, according to the Pew Research Center’s latest polling.
As Russia’s invasion approaches its first anniversary, Americans largely back some sort of aid, but support for the Biden administration’s approach is fading, especially among Republicans, according to the survey released Tuesday. The poll found that about a quarter of Americans now say the United States is providing too much support to Ukraine, up six percentage points since September and 19 points since March, shortly after the war began. Meanwhile, 31 percent say it is giving the right amount. One-fifth of Americans would like to see the United States give Ukraine additional assistance, according to the poll conducted Jan. 18-24 among 5,152 U.S. adults. Over 20 percent said they were not sure.
The share of Americans who believe the United States has provided too much support through economic assistance and weapons is greater among Republicans, 40 percent, even as GOP leaders remain divided. Before becoming House speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that a GOP-controlled House would oppose more aid for Ukraine, a signaling of the “America First” mantra that has galvanized former president Donald Trump’s base despite the aggression of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, other Republican leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), have remained steadfast in their support of Ukraine.
“The United States and our friends and our partners have done enough to prevent Ukraine from losing, … but we’ve not yet done enough to help Ukraine actually win,” McConnell said in remarks on the Senate floor last week. “A protracted stalemate is neither in Ukraine’s interest nor ours.”
About 6 in 10 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say either the United States is providing about the right amount of support — 40 percent — or not providing enough — 23 percent. Only 15 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say the United States is providing too much, up from 5 percent last March.
The latest polling comes a week after President Biden announced his latest tranche of support, 31 premier battle tanks — the M1 Abrams. Congress has approved more than $110 billion in aid since the war began last February.
Biden
has vowed to support Ukraine “as long as it takes” amid the first
conventional land war in Europe since World War II. Pew’s poll found
that 4 in 10 adults approve of his administration’s response to the
invasion. . ." READ MORE
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