Success in Ukraine has become ‘a matter of U.S. credibility,’ Poland minister says

• “The success of Ukraine is now a matter of U.S. credibility," Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland’s foreign minister, told CNBC Tuesday.
• This comes as a bill that would see aid worth around $61 billion for Ukraine has been stuck in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives since being approved by the Senate in February.
• Sikorski appealed to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the bill to a vote and said that other countries should set an example for the U.S. in the meantime.

Ukraine succeeding against Russia in the war has become a question of U.S. credibility, Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's foreign minister, told CNBC.

"The success of Ukraine is now a matter of U.S. credibility. And if U.S. support for Ukraine were to stop, I think U.S. allies around the world would notice and would start hedging," he told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick Tuesday.

Aid for Ukraine has become a highly contested topic among U.S. lawmakers in recent months, with an aid package that would see around $61 billion worth of support for the country currently being stuck in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The bill was approved by the U.S. Senate in February but has faced fierce contention in the Republican-led House. Many GOP politicians have called for the aid to be tied to funding for national security efforts at the U.S.' southern border and discussions about the Senate-approved aid package to be reformed into a loan package have emerged.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham this week said on social media platform X that he had told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that a loan would be the most likely outcome.

"During my meeting with President Zelensky, I informed him that given the crisis at the United States' southern border and our