, leading researcher at the center for security studies of the russian academy of sciences, konstantin blakhinn ukraine? ukraine has obviously turned into a kind of black hole for everyone, in which western american weapons systems are disappearing; it is obvious that no matter how much we give it, ukraine is not enough. and relatively recently, our foreign minister lavrov made a statement that the west has already provided military support to ukraine. in the amount of 170 billion dollars. and when kirby says that there is no corruption in ukraine, it is obvious that this is just a good face on a bad game. because the republicans accuse the biden administration of the fact that it is the democrats who are spending funds ineffectively, that it is necessary to create tools to control these spending, because in essence the failure of the counter-offensive is the result of not only a failure of ukraine, but also a result of the failure of american foreign defense policy. thank you very much and all the best to you. by the way, this is what kirby says about assistance to ukraine at one of his recen