Impasse over Ukraine aid worries Zelensky, emboldens Putin

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‘BIG DIFFERENCES REMAIN’: With just a week to go before a scheduled Senate recess, a compromise on U.S. border security that would unlock funds for Ukraine and Israel remains elusive, with Democrats and Republicans each accusing the other of intransigence.

“Republican demands are unreasonable,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), the lead negotiator for the Democrats, said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “If I were a cynic, I would say that Republicans have decided to tie support for Ukraine to immigration reform because they want Ukraine aid to fail. But I’m not a cynic, and so we are still trying to resolve some pretty big differences that remain.”

“What you hear from so many people is, why would we deal with other people`s national security and ignore American national security?” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), lead negotiator for the Republicans, said on CBS’s Face the Nation….

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