Zelensky finally waited for Biden to sign, and Ukraine's "strong aid" appeared within a few hours, can the United States' assistance change the disadvantage of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield? Russia has prepared peace talks, what is Zelensky's attitude?
Waiting left and right, looking forward to the stars and the moon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky finally waited for the Biden administration's aid bill to land. On the 24th, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the latest aid bill for Ukraine, which includes more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, as well as a liquidation of seized Russian assets and transfer to Ukraine. A few days ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid bill, including aid to Ukraine, when Biden promised Zelensky that he would sign it into law once the Senate passed it. On the evening of the 23rd, the U.S. Senate passed the foreign aid appropriation bill. Then on the 24th, Biden signed the bill for the first time, which is also one of the few times that the Biden administration has "kept its promises".
As for why the Biden administration is in such a hurry to sign the bill? Obviously, this is related to the current bad situation faced by the Ukrainian army on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, and for a period of time, Zelensky has been constantly putting pressure on the United States and Western countries, asking them to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, and also "putting pressure" on the United States and Western countries with "retreat". Zelensky once bluntly said that without the support of the United States, the Ukrainian army would have no air defense system, no "Patriot" missiles, no electronic warfare jamming equipment, and no artillery shells, then Ukraine would retreat "one small step at a time". Under Zelensky's "soft grinding and hard bubble", Biden also kept lobbying Speaker of the US House of Representatives Johnson to promote aid to Ukraine, and even mobilized senior US government officials and CIA Director Burns to explain the stakes for him, and finally the $60 billion aid bill to Ukraine was landed. After signing the bill, Biden also went out of his way to emphasize that he had approved an initial supply of $1 billion to Ukraine, which will begin in a matter of hours. In other words, Ukraine's latest "strong reinforcement" will appear within hours.
It should be said that this possibility is not very large, and the reason for this can be seen from the performance of the Ukrainian army in the past, in the early days of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, you must know that Ukraine received more than just assistance from the United States, but this conflict has been fought for two years, not only did Russia not fall, but the Ukrainian army was defeated on the battlefield, and the United States and Western countries were more than willing to help Ukraine and were insufficient, and now, the Ukrainian army wants to rely on this" A drop in the bucket" $60 billion to turn the tide is obviously unlikely, and it is not a one-time payment. To put it bluntly, Ukraine, the "agent", will have to endure for a while longer.
Of course, Zelensky is not a fool, knowing that Ukraine's defeat is decided, it is unrealistic to still hold on to the assistance of the United States and Western countries. In fact, he is making preparations with both hands, on the one hand, he continues to seek assistance from the United States, and on the other hand, he frequently sends new signals on the issue of peace talks. Recently, Zelensky claimed in an interview with French media that Ukraine may negotiate with Russia on resolving the conflict. He said that the Ukrainian government will draw up a document to resolve all issues, explain the position of the Ukrainian side, and the Ukrainian side will find an appropriate time to hand it over to the Russian side for discussion with it. And before that, he also said that Moscow and Kyiv could start peace talks even if the 1991 Ukrainian border was not restored, and now he wants to talk about the Russian-Ukrainian border in 2022. In fact, it can also be seen from this that if there is no United States and Western countries to add fuel to the fire behind their backs and "push" Ukraine to continue this conflict, it cannot be ruled out that the Zelensky government has already planned to "stop the war", but the Ukrainian government is just a "puppet" of the United States and the West, and it cannot call the shots. With regard to the peace talks, the Russian side has a very clear attitude. A few days ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that Russia has always been more inclined to negotiations than to strife and war, and that Russia is ready for peace talks. However, he also pointed out that the Russian side "will not suspend the fighting during the peace talks, and this process should continue", and as for the Russian army to advance the front, it is because the Russian side wants to protect Russian territory from attacks so that the Kyiv authorities cannot carry out attacks.