‘Our artillery is starving:’ Ukraine holds its breath as US approves military aid

Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval by the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kiev will be a major morale booster as Russia moves to intensify its advance.

The Ukraine aid bill, which was passed by the United States House of Representatives on Saturday, will now go to the Senate on Tuesday.

If it passes the upper house of Congress, President Joe Biden said he would immediately sign it into law so “we can quickly send weapons and equipment to Ukraine to meet their immediate battlefield needs.”

Ukraine’s wish list is no secret. Top: artillery shells and anti-aircraft systems.

Ukrainian soldiers on the front have been saying for months that they have been badly defeated by Russian forces.

President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said the ratio is 10 to one in Russia’s favor.

“To win we need ammunition… our artillery is starving,” an artillery reconnaissance commander from the 110th Mechanized Brigade told CNN after Saturday’s vote.

He knows exactly what he’s talking about, having spent two years defending the industrial city of Avdiivka before it fell to Russia in February.

Since then, Moscow’s forces have achieved significant success moving further west.

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