(Finance) – The Hungarian Prime Minister, Victor Orbandeclared that the West is one step away from sending troops to Ukraine. “This is a vortex of war that can drag Europe into the abyss,” Orban wrote on his Facebook account. “Brussels plays with fire – added the Hungarian leader –. In Europe the atmosphere is that of war and politics is dominated by logic of war. I see everyone preparing for war.” However, Orban clarified that his country’s intention is to stay out of it: “this is not our war. We don’t want it and we don’t want itHungary return to being the plaything of the great powers.”
The New York Times reported that shipments of US military aid to Ukraine are ready to restart “as soon as the aid package, which has been blocked for some time, becomes law according to what US officials say” and weapons and ammunition” from the Pentagon’s stockpile in Germany will be transported quickly by rail to the Ukrainian border”. There House of Representatives American has already voted in favor of sending it and President Biden has urged the Senate to do the same “quickly”. The vote is expected as early as Tuesday.
The US newspaper did not specify what weapons the United States will send to Kiev. But the Pentagon press secretary told reporters that more air defense and artillery munitions will likely be included. The Financial Times instead revealed that “a significant portion” of the military aid was stored just across the Ukrainian border Rzeszowin Poland.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, declared that aid from the United States will not turn Ukraine into “a second Afghanistan.” “This aid will strengthen Ukraine and send a powerful signal to the Kremlin that will not be second Afghanistan, as the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zacharova, had said, which had referred to the “sensational and humiliating fiasco” of the Americans in Vietnam and Kabul. “The United States will stand by Ukraine, protect Ukrainians and democracy in the world,” Zelensky added.