{"id":1298,"date":"2026-05-28T14:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/28\/we-are-not-your-piggy-bank-us-lawmaker-to-zelensky\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:40:20","slug":"we-are-not-your-piggy-bank-us-lawmaker-to-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are not your piggy bank\u2019 \u2013 US lawmaker to Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna Paulina Luna slammed the Ukrainian leader over a request for more air defense missiles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky is treating the US as a \u201cpiggy bank\u201d<\/em> and is feeding Washington with \u201cpropaganda\u201d<\/em> to get more US-made air defense systems, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Zelensky received Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal and Democratic Congressman Jim Himes in Kiev, saying that Ukraine is grateful to the US and President Donald Trump for what he called \u201cstrong bipartisan support.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

During the talks, Zelensky said Kiev had a \u201csignificant need\u201d<\/em> for air defense missiles, adding that he had sent a letter to the White House and Congress with a wish list. Earlier, Axios reported that Zelensky had asked for an \u201curgent supply of Patriot interceptors,\u201d<\/em> with the Ukrainian leader himself saying last month that the missiles are \u201cin such a deficit, it could not be any worse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In response, Luna accused Zelensky of lying. \u201cThis is literally propaganda and not even true. There is no broad support for an endless war and we are not your piggy bank,\u201d<\/em> she wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Luna also recalled that Trump has been pushing for a negotiated settlement to the conflict, but Zelensky is \u201cthe ONLY person holding out on the deal.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u201cThe war CANNOT continue,\u201d<\/em> Luna added.<\/p>\n

Under the Trump administration, Ukraine has been procuring US-made weapons mainly through the PURL initiative, a NATO-backed mechanism under which Kiev\u2019s backers fund shipments for Ukraine. Zelensky has praised the scheme, but said it does not fully cover shortages.<\/p>\n

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US congresswoman demands answers from Kiev over church crackdown<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Luna has been an outspoken critic of Zelensky, slamming the Ukrainian leader over the crackdown on the Orthodox Church and advocating a halt in US aid to Kiev. She has also criticized Zelensky over his refusal to hold a presidential election. The Ukrainian leader\u2019s term expired in 2024, with Russia declaring him \u201cillegitimate\u201d<\/em> and suggesting that his dubious status is an obstacle to signing a binding peace deal. <\/p>\n

In March, Zelensky claimed that the US was pressing Ukraine to withdraw from Russia\u2019s Donbass as a precondition for any post-conflict American security guarantees. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, however, dismissed the claim as \u201clies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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