Experts Warn Congress Not To Cut Defense Spending: Another Putin Invasion Likely

Russia may invade countries other than Ukraine, said a former national-security adviser to Donald Trump. The testimony was made before Congress on Wednesday. It warned against U.S. defense expenditure cuts that some House Republicans proposed as part of the debt-limit negotiations.

Vladimir Putin, Russian President is “interested in reacquiring territory in what was the space of the former Russian Empire,” Fiona Hill, a former member of President Trump’s National Security Council, spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee. “All of those countries feel a great deal of anxiety.”

“Putin has said the world needs to get used to the fact that Russia is territorially expanding again,” Hill, a Brookings Institution senior Fellow who specializes in Russia & Europe, said. “This is a pretty grim picture.”

Approaching the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, more—not less—investment in U.S. defense capabilities is needed, members of the expert panel told lawmakers Wednesday. They warned that America might fail to fulfill Ukraine’s demands and fall behind China, Russia, and Iran.

Volodymyr Zelensky is the Ukrainian president, and he seeks Western support for Russia’s defense war against Russia. It has warned Moscow wants territory in Europe. Both Moldova and Russia are interested in acquiring territory elsewhere in Europe. pro-Western government And Kazakhstan Many expressed concern about Russia’s threat.

China—which has undertaken its own massive military buildup in recent years—is happy to see the war in Ukraine continue to drain America’s resources, according to Hill.

“China has no interest in Russia losing in this war and might, in fact, have a vested interest in this war going on in Ukraine as long as possible because of course it does take up a large amount of equipment and armaments,” She spoke.

The United States is now at the forefront of international affairs, with Russia showing no sign of retreating. “the precipice of a new stage in the war where Ukraine will need tanks and other conventional offensive platforms,” Roger Zakheim, an ex-official of the Armed Services Committee, is Washington, D.C.’s director for The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.

The “massive consumption” The destruction of military hardware in Ukraine has shown America’s inability quickly to produce military equipment. Zakheim urged that the United States retake its military equipment “builder’s mindset.”

In the midst negotiations between House Republicans, the White House about raising the debt ceiling and a compromise on the budget, progressive Democrats have joined forces with isolationist GOP lawmakers in pushing for substantial cuts to defense spending to combat America’s $1.4 Trillion deficit.

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