Front Burner

Can Ukraine win without U.S. money?

A $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine has stalled in Washington, as trench warfare with Russia grinds on. Would the end of U.S. funding doom Ukraine’s hopes?
Two people walk down a colonnade.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk through the colonnade to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, in September, 2023. Zelenskyy will be back this week in an effort to free up billions in further war funding. (Evan Vucci/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading to Washington to make a desperate plea for weapons, as a $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine is tangled up in U.S. domestic politics. Meanwhile, trench warfare with Russia grinds on. With international support faltering, and a failed counter-offensive, can Ukraine win its war with Russia?

Francis Farrell, a reporter with The Kyiv Independent, details Ukraine's dire situation.

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