<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The Biden administration wants to start moving weapons and equipment into Ukraine within days of the anticipated passage this week of legislation that includes $60 billion in military aid to Kyiv, a long-delayed lifeline for the embattled nation.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The aid would arrive much later than Ukraine - running low on ammunition and staggering under a renewed Russian onslaught - had hoped, and analysts caution that there is no guarantee that more will be forthcoming.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But officials and experts agree that the artillery rounds, precision-guided missiles and air defenses will change the military outlook for Ukraine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"With the boost that will come from military assistance, both practically and psychologically, the Ukrainians are entirely capable of holding their own through 2024 and puncturing Putin’s arrogant view that time is on his side," CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday at the Bush Center Forum on Leadership in Dallas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ammunition, interceptors for air defense systems and long-range weapons can begin moving "within days" once the bills become law, said a U.S. official.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There won't be any delays or bottlenecks on the U.S. side," the official said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has lost territory in the eastern part of the country and Russia has ramped up its bombardment of cities and towns behind the front lines amid a slowdown in Western military assistance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aid for Ukraine had been held up for months over objections from hard-right Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Saturday, the House passed a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. It now heads to the Senate and passage is expected this week, clearing the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the weekend, Zelenskiy welcomed the advancing of the aid package in the House of Representatives, and repeatedly urged lawmakers to swiftly pass the bill in the Senate so the transfer of weapons can happen quickly. Source: Reuters</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>