With Biden's $60 billion in funding for Ukraine now fully authorized and implemented, the question is now what? The US President on Wednesday announced just after signing the bill that the Pentagon will start sending equipment to Ukraine "In the next few hours" straight from the US stockpile.
The Kremlin in response is vowing to push back the front lines deeper into Ukraine, and says that newly infused American weapons will burn.
The reality is that Ukraine is fundamentally suffering a severe crisis of manpower.
The new policy requires that all men 18 to 60 must update their information with a state office - and if they don't comply then they get cut off from all consular services abroad. According to The New York Times, US weapons could start arriving in Ukraine within days.
On parts of the front line, Ukraine's situation is desperate.
Inside Ukraine military officials are trying to get creative amid the ongoing manpower shortage.
Reuters reports, "As Ukraine's efforts to conscript enough men to fight Russia are stymied by public skepticism, defense officials and military units are embarking on a multi-pronged charm offensive to recruit a citizens' army to resist the invasion." "This softer call-up is being conducted on job-search sites and outreach centers, as well as billboards and social media, and offers a wartime novelty: an element of choice," the report continues.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bidens-60bn-cant-fix-ukraines-manpower-recruitment-crisis
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