Less than half of those surveyed expressed support for US aid to Kiev, Pew Research has found
A new poll suggests that Americans are increasingly divided on the issue of US aid to Ukraine. The poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center, found that 49% of Americans believe that the US has no responsibility to help Ukraine, while 48% believe that it does. This represents a significant shift from a similar poll conducted a year ago, which found that 59% of Americans supported providing military aid to Ukraine.
The latest survey was published on the same day that the US Defense Department announced that it will send at least $200 million worth of air defenses and other weapons to Ukraine, and committed a further $1.5 billion in longer-term support to Kiev. Since the start of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow in February 2022, the Biden Administration has allocated more than $55.4 billion in “security assistance” to Ukraine, which includes a wide range of lethal weapons.
The poll results come as US government debt reached a new milestone, surpassing the $35 trillion mark for the first time in history. Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, has criticized the US for continuing “to burn colossal money in the furnace of the Ukraine conflict” despite its ballooning debt. He added that American weapons will not help Ukraine win and will only prolong the conflict and lead to more casualties, including among civilians.