How Initial U.S. Support for Aiding Ukraine Has Come to a Standstill 2 Years Later

"I think Putin feels extraordinarily confident heading into the third year of the war in Ukraine," Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a director at the Center for a New American Security and former intelligence officer, told ABC News. "He sees that he has weathered Ukraine's counteroffensive and now he sees the fatigue, particularly in the United States, about our willingness to support Ukraine, and I think he very much feels emboldened. I think he thinks that things are headed in Russia's direction."

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If Congress doesn't act, the options for the Biden administration are severely limited, experts said.

"I don't really think there's a plan B," said Kendall-Taylor.

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"The Russian takeover of Avdiivka is a little microcosm of what happens if the aid doesn't continue," said Kendall-Taylor.

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