MADRID, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

United States congressmen have pressured the Biden Administration this Wednesday to provide more weapons from Ukraine so that the European country can defend itself from the invasion of Russia.

The chairman of the House of Representatives of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Republican Michael McCaul, and the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, also a Republican Mike Rogers, have called on the US government to provide “critical weapons systems” to Ukraine to defeat to Russian troops, according to a statement.

“The current hesitation of the Biden Administration and some of our European allies in providing critical weapons systems to Ukraine reeks of weak 2021 policies, such as not sanctioning ‘Nord Stream 2’ or providing US-sourced Stingers (missiles) before the full-scale invasion,” the joint letter read.

McCaul and Rogers have argued that while those policies failed to deter conflict, current indecision and self-deterrence could lead to protracted conflict in Ukraine, costing human lives.

“Now is the time for the Biden and Scholz governments to follow the lead of our UK and Eastern European allies: Leopard 2 tanks, ATACMS (missiles) and other long-range precision munitions must be approved without delay,” Congressmen have assured.

In that vein, Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz has urged the Biden Administration to provide longer-range munitions to her home country of Ukraine as the country’s war slowly approaches a full year of battle.

“The next six months will be critical for the brutal war in Ukraine and the capabilities of greater range will be crucial for its success,” Spatz stressed in a statement, stating that the Executive must be “proactive” for a change and “provide assistance from adequate security to the Ukrainian Army”.

Ukrainian-born Spartz has asked the White House to provide munitions from either the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) or the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).

“What these capabilities would do is help the Ukrainian Army better defend its cities in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian Army has withdrawn its artillery to a ‘safe’ distance in the occupied Ukrainian territories,” Spartz concluded in his statement.