Johnson on Sunday warned that the war in Ukraine is depleting the U.S.’s military stockpiles and told the Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that he voted for a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine last May because the package included funds to restock U.S. On Sunday, he told Fox News that the war “is not a popular thing” in Wisconsin and said that, at this point in the war, “this just grinds down because nobody’s going to be bombing Moscow cities to reduce the popular support for the war in Russia.” Still, Johnson this week said he does not see things getting better in Ukraine.
After the International Criminal Court earlier this month issued an arrest warrant for Putin for alleged war crimes, one Ukrainian official said there would be "no negotiations with current" Russian leadership. He could end the war with a word."Īnd there are no signs of peace negotiations in the near future. "Every day the war continues is his choice. "President Putin chose this war," Biden said during a speech in Poland last month. President Joe Biden, who in February made a covert visit to Ukraine in a sign of support for the country, has pledged to help counter Putin's invasion and declared that Russia will not win in Ukraine. “The road to peace lies in speedily surging Ukraine the tools they need to achieve victory as they define it,” said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican. support of Ukraine’s military defense was “not an act of charity.” He said at the time that the U.S.’s security is “deeply intertwined” with a stable Europe. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell last month on the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion argued the U.S. Johnson’s remarks also appear to put him at odds with his party’s leadership, who have underscored the need for continued support for Ukraine. Washington approved more than $100 billion in weaponry and financial assistance to Ukraine over the past year. Much of the dissent has spawned from a far-right faction of House Republicans who have derided Washington’s spending on the war and called for a “peace agreement.” The comments come as Republicans have become increasingly divided on whether to continue providing financial aid and military equipment to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion. Johnson said the war is a “lose-lose-lose for everybody” and added: “Nobody can win at this point. “I don’t see a scenario, and I’ve asked - I mean, where is there a path to victory from our standpoint? All I see is a grinding stalemate that day-by-day more people get killed and more of Ukraine gets destroyed.” “At some point people are going to have to understand the reality of the situation,” the Wisconsin Republican told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday. assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, calling the war unwinnable for either side and suggesting the warring nations need to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Ron Johnson this week expressed doubts over the impact of continued U.S.
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