“This is a time to really step up. Because if we don’t, we know what happens, Putin will be able to move forward with impunity. And we know he won’t stop in Ukraine,” he says.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that Ukraine will collapse and Russia will invade other NATO countries unless Congress authorizes $106 billion in foreign aid.
Blinken joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday amid an ongoing financial battle between the Biden regime and Congressional Republicans hesitant on signing off on billions more in aid especially as reports emerge that Ukraine has all but lost the war.
“What would it mean for Ukraine and Israel if Congress does not pass any additional support by the end of the year? And why not agree to tougher border protections, which is an issue of national security as well?” host Jake Tapper asked.
.@SecBlinken: Without another “vital” aid package for Ukraine, “Putin will be able to move forward with impunity. And we know he won’t stop in Ukraine. He may well end up going after a NATO country. That would bring us in given our obligations to our NATO allies. So a ounce of… pic.twitter.com/WIgNXSZRCx
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Blinken claimed America’s adversaries would love to see Congress fail to pass the $100 billion in aid to Ukraine.
“In terms of what it would mean for Ukraine, what it would mean for Israel, what it would mean for our efforts to be competitive in the Indo-Pacific, I think the only people who’d be happy if the supplemental budget request is not voted on and approved by Congress are sitting in Moscow, sitting in Tehran, sitting in Beijing,” Blinken said.
He then pushed the baseless talking point that Putin will invade other NATO countries if it wins its conflict against Ukraine.
“Similarly, we’ve had extraordinary burden sharing with our allies and partners. We provided very significant assistance, about $70 billion over the last two years. Our European friends and partners beyond Europe, more than $110 billion for Ukraine. So we have the burden sharing that we need,” he said.
“This is a time to really step up. Because if we don’t, we know what happens, Putin will be able to move forward with impunity. And we know he won’t stop in Ukraine. And he may well end up going after a NATO country that would bring us in given our obligations to our NATO allies.”
“They’ve made remarkable progress over the last year in pushing back Russian aggression, taking back more than 50% of the territory that was seized since February of 2022. But they’re in a ferocious battle now in the south and the east. We are running out of funding for them,” he added.
This comes as Joe Biden and other members of his cabinet like Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned that American troops will die fighting Russia unless Congress passes that $106 billion in aid.
