Texas Republican Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Kaitlan Collins on CNN This Morning that the US should give the Ukrainians “everything they need to win this thing.”
“We can’t wait,” McCaul said as he spoke from Munich Security Conference In Germany. He reiterated Ukraine’s call for Western fighters and more advanced weapons in the face of a Russian attack.
“Time is only Putin’s fault. His goal is to delay this for as long as possible, for a variety of reasons,” argued McCaul, warning that “the sooner we can end this the better. well, when we consider the will of the American people and Congress.”
Asked if he thought the new Russian offensive had begun, McCaul replied: “I think it will soon. I know that the new general that Putin appoints will be there to launch a major offensive,” continued that “Putin has considered the date. I think February 24, the one-year anniversary could be a target date. We just heard from the Supreme Allied Commander in a briefing I had with him, that it might be late spring, late spring, for this attack.”
McCaul said he asked during the aforementioned meeting about adding more air-to-ground aircraft to Ukraine and that US Army General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s supreme allied commander, “agrees with that assessment, as well as that assessment.” like longer-range artillery to attack Iranian drones over Crimea, which Ukraine doesn’t currently have, but they desperately need.”
Asked if he believed he could get another round of funding for Ukraine passed this Congress, McCaul replied: “I believe so. It will have to be bipartisan,” he said, because “there are far-left and far-right factions that disagree with this conflict and support and help Ukraine win this fight for democracy and freedom.” , but the majority still support this attempt.”
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to reassure the conference audience that the top Republicans currently in Washington were committed to supporting US global leadership. despite a possible mixed message from former President Donald Trump, who he did not name.
Kentucky Republicans continue to pledge GOP support to NATO, Ukraine, while ramping up military spending and argue that Republicans are making stronger rhetoric daily on issues that President Joe Biden is . He also rebuked European allies and said they had to “imitate” the pledge the US was making that they had not been “uniformly generous towards Ukraine”. He called on them to prepare for strong threats from China and Russia, and quickly admit Finland and Sweden to NATO.
CNN’s Ted Barrett contributed reporting to this post.
