Live Breaking News & Updates on Assistance required
Stay updated with breaking news from Assistance required. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The package could pass the Democratic-led Senate as soon as late Tuesday, and head to the White House, where Joe Biden has promised to sign it quickly into law
cooperation with or assistance to military or police units that are violating international human rights laws. it began, by the way, in the context of narcotics and drug in the late '90s. the extension or expansion into foreign assistance act is what we are seeing now. but, that, that, going back to your question, that is not policy. here, here is the strange hinge about this. i understand why the u.s. is doing this. on the assumption that the betting process and the investigation led them to think that israel allegedly or this particular battalion violated human rights laws. that is fine. but this battalion has a brigade above it. that brigade has a central command. the central command has a chief of staff and he answers to a government represented by the
russia because they literally had not a single bullet left to fire. >> you stress in your letter that the united states needs to confronts nuclear weapons, putin and his associates have repeatedly , reportedly, threatened u.s. assistance to ukraine. how? >> from the beginning, vladimir putin has threatened horrific consequences. we just had the iranians, basically say the same thing. when you say unmanageable consequences, that's nuclear weapons. some of putin's lieutenants have been more explicit in this. so, nobody wants a nuclear war? sure. no one wants a confrontation? sure. you cannot keep just backing away from this. these countries in eastern europe, in the baltics, poland, romania, they know what it feels like to be under the russian bootheel, and they do not want it again. they are looking to the united states and see us backing away
so. �* , . ., base that it had ten years or so. 2 ., , so. let's come back to this partnership _ so. let's come back to this partnership then _ so. let's come back to this partnership then with - so. let's come back to this i partnership then with russia, have we seen what evidence have we seen of russian military underground there and what do you think the aim of that pitted towards russia is for niger? i pitted towards russia is for nicer? ., �* ~' 3 niger? i don't think it's ideological— niger? i don't think it's ideological as - niger? i don't think it's ideological as it - niger? i don't think it's ideological as it is - niger? i don't think it's ideological as it is the i niger? i don't think it's i ideological as it is the fact that if they cannot get the assistance that they need from washington, they are going to get it from someone else and when washington suspended its security assistance and intelligence sharing assistance when the crew have been, the nigerian authorities were desperate to backfill that assistance and so, the most logical place for them to turn right now, given that the russians are now in neighbouring countries was to mask out. but i think the other important factor for washington is, we havejust now important factor for washington is, we have just now started to see russian military advisers
even of washington to notjust go back to a democratic formal government, but also to allow the government of washington to remain, to keep its strong base active and ongoing inside the country. {iii active and ongoing inside the count . , active and ongoing inside the count. , ., ., country. of course, one of the thins country. of course, one of the things of— country. of course, one of the things of the _ country. of course, one of the things of the us _ country. of course, one of the things of the us troops - country. of course, one of the things of the us troops are - things of the us troops are engaged in with ongoing fight against islamist insurgents, what do you think that means for the particular situation? well, which is in the last few months, because we have to recall the military assistance has been suspended since the coup d'etat, washington has beenin coup d'etat, washington has been in a very limited sense to operators droned but not shared that intelligence with the nigerian authorities on the us law and so, we're already seeing the nigerians ground to extremist elements in the country but what this now does is it makes washington blind to the moods that the islamist are making throughout the region. it's not forget that these
to military or police units that are violating international human rights laws. it began in the context of drugs in the late 90s. and so that expansion into the foreign assistance act is what we're seeing now. but going back to your question, that is not policy. and here is the strange thing about this and why they are doing this that the vetting process led them to think that israel allegedly or this particular battalion allegedly violated their international human rights laws. that's fine. but this has a brigade above it and that brigade will have a central command and they will have a chief of staff and the idea of the chief of staff as he answers to that government
that would be unprecedented. as you just said they leave america with no other options to try to change the outcome of what's happening on the ground. how do you square that though that we are giving billions of dollars of military aid to a military that we also now want to potentially sanction? >> i know it's not a word in english, but unsquarable. here is the thing, the u.s. sanctions that will be applied on the ultra orthodox operating in the west bank. that's not a policy. that's a part of the former senator patrick law. which is something that we would see an amendment in 2008. and not getting into the legal history. that is a law that says the u.s. will prohibit any cooperation with or assistance
are believed to have hit the kharab al—jir base or nearby, causing minor damage. they were said to have been fired from the town of zummar. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says a multibillion—dollar military aid package approved by the us house of representative on saturday, will give his country a chance of victory over invading russian forces. the bill now goes to senators for approval before heading to the president's desk. in an interview on us television the ukrainian leader said more weapons will help kyiv retake the initiative in the two—year conflict, especially long—range missiles. ukrainian forces are facing mounting pressure against russian troops, especially on the eastern frontlines. the us assistance comes as russian forces advance in the west. they seized the strategic town of avdiivka back in february. earlier, russia's foreign ministry condemned the us aid package, saying the us is wading deeper into a war that will end in its humiliation. i spoke earlier with dora chomiak, ceo of the non—profit for ukrainian—american
weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield. meade's. now of course, this was a win for the white house this weekend, especially after months of asking congress to pass it additional funding for ukraine, noting over the last few days that it is a pivotal moment. and with us officials warning that ukraine could lose the war by the end of the year if they didn't get that aid. but now they are on track to get that necessary assistance. all it's ukraine, but also to israel among other national security priorities defense secretary austin saying, also over the weekend, the package would quote, surge, lifesaving security assistance to ukraine, support israel, and increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. now of course, there are steps that still need to play out in this process, but it is expected to pass the senate, then go to the president's desk for a signature putting an end to a month long fight by the white house to get these funds to ukraine priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington republican house