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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Putin allies jubilant as US Republicans balk on Ukraine aid, report says

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Vladimir Putin’s allies in the Russian cable television circuit are reportedly taking Senate Republicans’ balking over passage of a clean bill to fund Ukraine’s counteroffensive as a sign that the US’s committment to the war is deteriorating.

The Daily Beast reported that the reaction to Tuesday’s explosive confrontation between Democrats and Republicans at a briefing hosted by Biden administration defence officials was one of jubilation on Russian state media, where it was heralded as a sign of a favourable turn for Russian forces in the war.

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