As war and winter collide, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged during a recent visit to Washington that the days ahead “will be tough” as his country battles Russia while U.S. support from Congress hangs in the balance.

President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs sits idle in Congress, neither approved nor rejected, but subjected to new political demands from Republicans who are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy changes to halt the flow of migrants.

Linking Ukraine’s military assistance to U.S. border security interjects one of the most divisive domestic political issues — immigration and border crossings — into the middle of an intensifying debate over wartime foreign policy.

[Why the concept of Republicans objecting to what’s going on at the US-Mexico border is as fresh-as-a-daisy to the AP. It’s quite literally the first they’ve heard of it, and now those damn sore spoil sports want to ruin Ukraine funding over it. How ever much you despise the media, you’re still being too kind. ~ Beege]