MUNICH (NEWSnet/AP) — A Republican opponent of U.S. funding for Ukraine argued Munich Security Conference on Sunday that the package stuck in Congress won’t “fundamentally change reality” and Russia has incentive to negotiate peace.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said “the problem in Ukraine … is that there’s no clear end point" and the U.S. doesn't make enough weapons to support wars in eastern Europe and Middle East.

At the conference, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and others advocated passage of the $60 billion in aid.

The event coincided with Ukraine withdrawing troops from Avdiivka, after months of combat.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson insists he won’t be rushed into approving the $95.3 billion aid package passed by the Senate. It includes the assistance for Ukraine.

Vance argued that if the package is approved,  "that is not going to fundamentally change the reality on the battlefield,” pointing to limited U.S. manufacturing capacity.

“Can we send the level of weaponry we’ve sent for the last 18 months?" he asked. "We simply cannot. No matter how many checks the U.S. Congress writes, we are limited there.”

Ricarda Lang, a co-leader ofGreens, one of Germany's governing parties, said Russia President Vladimir Putin has shown repeatedly that he has “no interest in peace at the moment.”

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