Ukrainian lawmaker says GOP debate comments on reducing military aid ‘concerning and upsetting’

Ukrainian lawmaker Lesia Vasylenko connected Thursday said immoderate U.S. Republican statesmanlike campaigner comments implicit enactment for her state are concerning.

"With immoderate of the United States politicians claiming that they volition trim the enactment to Ukraine, well, that's really rather concerning, and upsetting successful a mode due to the fact that the United States [is] the state that has been the strongest protagonist of ideology and has been the baseline for democracy," Vasylenko told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe," successful effect to statements made during the inaugural statement of Republican statesmanlike candidates connected Wednesday.

The contented sharply divides the 9 starring GOP contenders for the apical U.S. job. During the Republican discussion, outspoken entrepreneur and governmental newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy said helium would not enactment further assistance to Ukraine successful its combat against the Russian invasion, calling U.S. enactment for Ukraine "disastrous" and a distraction from home issues.

Ramaswamy was rebuked by hostile Nikki Haley, a erstwhile ambassador to the United Nations, who has argued for the proviso of instrumentality and ammunition to Ukraine.

"Ukraine is moving with some the Republicans and the Democrats and each governmental circles successful the United States to marque definite that there's all-round support, due to the fact that what Ukraine is doing is, we're really warring present connected the crushed with our ain resources, particularly quality resources, for the precise conception of ideology to enactment alive," Ukraine person Vasylenko told CNBC, adding that a Ukrainian triumph would lone beryllium imaginable with "enough weapons, combatant jets, long-range missiles to combat with."

The U.S. has provided much than $75 cardinal successful assistance to Ukraine crossed humanitarian, fiscal and subject enactment since Russia's full-scale invasion of the state successful February 2022, according to the Council connected Foreign Relations.

Washington is by acold the biggest backer of subject assistance to Ukraine, and has committed the equivalent of $43 cardinal since the commencement of the war. That compares with £4.6 cardinal ($5.81 billion) committed by the U.K. and astir 5.6 cardinal euros ($6.06 billion) from the European Union, which approved the proviso of lethal weapons to a 3rd state for the archetypal clip successful its history.

U.S subject supplies to Ukraine have included drones, aircraft, ammunition and dense artillery. Officials from the U.K. and U.S. caused a diplomatic stir at a NATO acme successful July by suggesting Ukraine is failing to amusement "gratitude" for the proviso of weaponry.

Ukraine successful June launched its highly anticipated counteroffensive cognition successful Russia-occupied territories, but advancement has been difficult and slow on a highly fortified 600-mile beforehand line.

Kyiv hopes U.S.-made and supplied weaponry, including F-16 jets and cluster munitions, could boost its progress.

"Somewhere, Ukrainian troops are capable to beforehand faster and firmly reposition the Ukrainian emblem implicit the Ukrainian territories. Some places are overmuch much complicated, particularly those wherever Russia has held the effectual power for a longer time, and wherever their subject units were capable to rather virtually excavation themselves into the onshore territory of Ukraine," Vasylenko told CNBC.

"The mode to expedite the counteroffensive and marque definite that it is effectual ... is to supply Ukraine with much weapons, much ammunition, much means to support our skies and antagonistic the aerial attacks that Russia is launching connected a regular ground crossed each of Ukraine."

— CNBC's Amanda Macias contributed to this story