Analysis | As Ukraine struggles with fickle allies, Vladimir Putin is on a roll – By Chris Brown (CBC News) / Dec 9, 2023
Stalled military help and grumpy neighbours have added to Ukraine’s hardships this winter
Eternally long lines of stalled transport trucks at Ukraine’s border with Poland may be an apt metaphor for broader frustrations and challenges facing the war-weary nation as 2023 winds down.
A blockade by Polish truckers is just one in a series of cascading issues that have combined to thwart Ukraine’s ability to support its military and resist Russia’s almost two-year-old invasion.
“Increasingly, domestic politics [among] Ukraine’s allies is interfering with Ukraine’s security,” said Orysia Lutsevych, an analyst with Chatham House in London who has paid special attention to the war in Ukraine.
In the United States, more than $60 billion US worth of military aid is stalled by Senate Republicans. Another huge financial package worth more than $53 billion from the European Union may be boycotted by Hungary’s Russia-friendly government, and even when nations agree on what assistance Ukraine needs, getting it there quickly can still be a big problem.
