Russia showed confidence yesterday with its own forecast, which it says will get away with itself in the long run because Western countries will eventually lose interest in helping Ukraine. The non-inclusion of a new aid package to Ukraine in the law that extended until November 17 the financing of the US federal budget is a problem for Kyiv. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov doesn't think Washington's support should diminish.
This back and forth has more to do with how politics works in Washington than with its relationship with Kyiv, think Moscow. "Obviously, this is a temporary phenomenon. The US will continue to be involved in this conflict, in fact a direct participation," said Peskov.
"But we have already repeatedly said that, according to our forecasts, the fatigue from this conflict, the fatigue from the completely absurd patronage of the Kyiv regime, will increase in several countries, including the USA", he recalled.
The United States Congress approved a new law on Saturday to extend the funds for more than a month and thus avoid the shutdown of the Government. But it did not include any aid for Kyiv, despite Washington being Ukraine's main financial and military supporter since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent tanks against the neighboring country in February 2022.
The omission of funds for Ukraine will not change anything, as Washington's decision is a "show for the public", Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian deputy foreign minister who oversees the talks, told Ria Nóvosti. Russia's relations with the countries of the American continent.
After enacting the law to extend federal budget funding, US President Joe Biden told the press that Democrats reached an agreement with Republicans to move forward with a new aid package for Ukraine. Last month, he promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was visiting Washington, that the US would maintain its support despite opposition from some Republican lawmakers.
"The quarrels between the parties are one thing, and the support (to Ukraine) is another. We must not believe that something has to change. It's a show for the public, chatterbox", said Riabkov.
Russia also does not understand that support for Ukraine should suddenly change after the electoral earthquake that shook Europe this weekend due to the victory in Slovakia of Robert Fico, who is considered "pro-Russian".
First, the Kremlin says it is "absurd" to apply that qualification to the leader of the populist social democratic party Smer-SD, who won his country's general election on Saturday with 22.94% of the vote. "Various politicians in Europe are called pro-Russian. We are facing a situation in which any politician on the European continent who is inclined to think about the sovereignty of his country, who protects the interests of his country, is immediately called pro-Russian. But this is absurd," said Peskov.
The Kremlin spokesman did not even want to talk about the future relationship with Bratislava, given that talks must now be held to form a government. The president of Slovakia, Zuzana Caputová, tasked Fico with this task yesterday, which should last two weeks, the TA3 channel reported.
Fico sympathizes with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. And in the campaign he was critical of the sale of weapons to Ukraine and the sanctions of the European Union against Russia. However, on Sunday he said that if he succeeds in forming a government there will be no changes in foreign policy of his country, according to Efe. "The orientation of Slovakia's foreign policy will not change. We are in the European Union", he said.
