In the coming weeks, the Russians will launch an ambitious offensive in Ukraine. The situation can become dire

Russia will step up its ground and air attacks on Ukraine in the coming weeks, taking advantage of a time when U.S. military aid has yet to arrive, CNN reported, citing three officials briefed on the intelligence.

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These sources told the TV channel that Russia will try to make the most of the time until US military aid actually arrives at the front.

Experts have recognized that the delay in the approval of aid for several months has led to real losses for Ukraine, both in terms of people and territory.

Now, Western and Ukrainian officials say, the Russians are planning a major offensive that could take place in early summer. To this end, the Russian Federation has continued partial mobilization.

A US military official, assessing Ukraine’s prospects in the coming weeks, even with military aid, told CNN: “The best case scenario is to hold the front line.”

It has already been reported that US President Joe Biden announced at the end of April that he signed a package of bills that includes military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 61 billion US dollars.

Biden said that the United States will start sending military aid to Ukraine within a few hours.

The US Department of Defense announced that it is beginning to supply weapons to Kyiv.

“This is the 56th piece of equipment that the Biden administration is providing to Ukraine from the stocks of the Ministry of Defense from August 2021. This package is valued at $1 billion and includes funds to meet Ukraine’s most urgent needs, including air defenses, artillery shells, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

The new package will include, among other things, missiles for RIM-7 and AIM-9M air defense systems, missiles for man-portable air defense systems “Stinger”, small arms and ammunition, including ammunition for combating drones, ammunition systems HIMARS, 155 millimeter and 105 millimeter artillery shells , Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems, high-precision aviation ammunition, anti-personnel mines, night vision devices and other equipment.

“This package will allow the transfer of ammunition, weapons and equipment to support Ukraine’s ability to protect its frontline, protect its cities and resist ongoing Russian attacks,” the Pentagon said.

The package of bills was approved by the upper house of the US Congress, the Senate, on Tuesday night, but on Saturday, after months of delay, it was passed by the Republican-controlled lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, where it was supported by 310 members of the House of Representatives and 112 opposed. It passed the Democratic-controlled Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 79 to 18.

The unusual $95 billion four-bill package also includes funds for Israel, security assistance for Taiwan and allies in the Indo-Pacific region, and measures that include sanctions, threats to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and the possible transfer of seized Russian assets to Ukraine . It also includes humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Haiti.

The adopted package includes threats to ban the Tiktok app across the US if it does not divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. The package also includes $13 billion for Israel, which is at war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, more than $9 billion in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Haiti, and $8 billion in military aid to Taiwan.

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