Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said efforts to aid Ukraine were about «putting guaranteed money in the pockets of the U.S.»
A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that a renewed effort in Congress to send more military aid to Ukraine is about «putting guaranteed money» back in U.S. pockets.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced this week that he would be putting forward a series of standalone bills on foreign aid and border security, finally allowing a House vote on President Joe Biden’s requested $61 billion Ukraine aid package after months of partisan gridlock.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, said on Thursday that American lawmakers who favor the bill are «not forgetting about themselves» and only want to see the Ukraine aid money get funneled back into the «U.S. military-industrial complex,» according to Russian-state news agency TASS.
«Whatever the modality of providing this aid, de facto it is about provoking Ukraine into further hostilities down to the last Ukrainian, putting guaranteed money in the pockets of the U.S.,» Peskov said. «No matter what anyone says, the Americans are not forgetting about themselves.»
«Any regime [aiding Ukraine] first of all allocates funds that remain in the U.
