

political divisions and economics that will be decisive. 📌 All politics is local, democracy is globalÄespite the global importance of the results, the international press is well aware that it is the sharp U.S. But there is a land-lease program, even if the Republicans would want, they will not gain the necessary majority to cancel it," he said. Some aspects regarding the use of funds, increased control by the Republicans may be. "Nothing will change for us after the midterms. In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, former Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Ambassador to the United States and Russia Volodymyr Yelchenko sounded optimistic on the stability of U.S. 1, the Lend-Lease Act came into force, which allows military equipment to be loaned or leased to Ukraine under simplified export control procedures.

Still, others believe that Washington will remain solidly behind Ukraine, even with a Republican majority in Congress. Nothing will change for us after the midterms. So the main risks for Ukraine may arise in the House of Representatives. The last important vote on aid to Ukraine resulted in 11 votes against in the Senate and 57 in the House of Representatives. The Biden White House is Kyiv's most crucial partner in the war with Russia, not only in arms supplies and financial aid, but in touting the importance of a Ukraine victory for the cause of freedom and democracy.Īccording to the Ukrainian edition of European Pravda, the Republicans taking control of Congress, with the Trump wing gaining strength, carries enormous risks for Ukraine - all the way up to the war's outcome. Yes, it will likely be local issues that determine the results of the midterm elections, where Republicans have a strong chance of taking back control of Congress and deal a potentially fatal blow to some of President Joe Biden’s signature policy objectives. It’s Biden’s recovery plan that put us in this situation.” I’m a veteran, I spent 16 years in the army and this is what I get when I come home,” said a man named Jake in the city of Melbourne, Florida. Meanwhile, Smolar's French broadcast colleagues at France Info were in the ever crucial state of Florida, talking to locals at the grocery store about the economy. Reporting for French daily Le Monde, Piotr Smolar was in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, where “culture wars” were infecting the schools ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

PARIS - It’s becoming a bi-annual November ritual: International reporters touch down in some small American town or so-called “battleground state” that we’re told could decide the fate of the next two or four (or more) years in the United States - and the world.
