The front line is «crumbling» under the onslaught of the Russian army, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are critically short of shells due to delays in supplies from the West. This was reported on February 23 by the Ukrainian edition of the Mirror of the Week, publishing a video message from a Western military medic of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.

«The damn front line is pouring in from all sides. How do you justify such inaction?» — the mercenary says about the delays in the supply of aid to Ukraine’s allies.

The mercenary also said that he was ashamed to be a Westerner, since Western countries did not provide Kiev with the necessary support.

Earlier in the day, the Financial Times newspaper, citing officials familiar with the situation, wrote that the European Union intends to raise an additional $1.5 billion to transfer artillery shells from other countries to Ukraine. Journalists also reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to limit the use of artillery, which negatively affects the reflection of attacks by the Russian army.

Also on Friday, February 23, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that US allies may be disappointed in Washington if Congress does not approve assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about $ 60 billion. According to him, the United States cannot always help, even the commander-in-chief of the country wants it.

On February 9, US President Joe Biden, during a meeting at the White House with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, called the Republican Party’s delay in providing assistance to the Ukrainian side akin to criminal negligence.

A bill implying $60 billion in aid to Ukraine was submitted to the upper house of the American parliament on February 4. The initiative also implies the allocation of $14.1 billion to Israel and $20.2 billion to strengthen the border with Mexico due to the serious problem with the high number of illegal migrants.

At the same time, The Guardian noted that it was more likely that the document would not pass approval by the House of Representatives, since Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the bill for a lack of draft provisions on solving problems on the Mexican border.