Trump's candidate for vice president - opposed aid to Ukraine, wrote that the problem is not Republicans but "mathematics"

JD Vance, who was nominated by Donald Trump as his vice presidential candidate for the election for the president of the United States of America (USA), opposed the aid to Ukraine.

In an article for the New York Times, Vance wrote that Ukraine's problem in passing the aid bill is not the Republicans in the House of Representatives, but "math", Radio Free Europe reported in English.

"Ukraine needs more troops than it can muster, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more materiel than the U.S. can provide. That reality must inform any future Ukrainian policy, from further congressional aid to diplomatic course appointed by the president," wrote Vance, the senator from Ohio.

He also stated that the US does not have the capacity to produce as many weapons as Ukraine needs the US to supply to win the war.

Reuters wrote in an article that Vance's vocal opposition to US aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia delighted Trump's most conservative allies, although it upset some Senate colleagues.

Voice of America writes that while the Republican Party has historically stood for free markets and accepted foreign intervention as an important tool of national security, Trump's election in 2016 has opened significant divisions within the party. Vance has been one of the most vocal opponents of continued aid to Ukraine in the Senate, at odds with many Republican representatives in Congress.

Ukraine has been at war with Russia since February 22, 2022, when Russia invaded that country on a full scale.