“May 19 is the day when we will lose the ability to ensure continuous supplies of weapons and equipment to Ukraine”.

This was stated on Friday by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, speaking at a briefing in Arlington, Virginia, reports CNN..

Recall that this week the House of Representatives voted to allocate $ 40 billion to Ukraine, but the Senate could not pass the bill after Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky blocked it.. He demanded that a spending control mechanism be written into the bill before sending the document to the Senate for a vote..

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken procedural steps to override Rand Paul's objections, but the bill likely won't pass until next week..

Kirby says the Pentagon only has about $100 million left.. "

At a briefing in Washington on Friday, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksandra Ustinova urged the US authorities to expedite the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine, since, according to her, "