The United States Army Secretary has expressed concern about his country's ability to supply weapons to Israel and Ukraine at the same time.

The army’s top civilian leader expressed concerns about the U.S.’s ability to support Israel and Ukraine at the same time during a Monday press conference, particularly when it comes to supplying 155mm artillery rounds.

U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army would need more money from Congress to supply both Israeli and Ukrainian forces at the same time.

Wormuth told an Association of the United States Army (AUSA) press conference: „One thing that is really important in terms of the munitions in particular, and our ability to support both potentially the Israelis and the Ukrainians simultaneously, is additional funding from Congress to be able to increase our capacity, in terms of our capacity to expand production and then to also pay for the munitions themselves.

Arming Ukraine may have already come at Israel’s expense. In January, U.S. officials acknowledged dipping into its weapons stockpile in Israel – which serves as a cache for Israeli forces during emergencies – to supply weapons to Ukraine.

The countries need different types of weapons, for the most part. Israel is expected to rely heavily on precision air-to-ground munitions fired from F-16 and F-35 fighter jets and Apache helicopters, none of which is in the Ukrainian arsenal. The issue of 155mm artillery shells, which both countries desperately need, will likely loom large, however.

The United States has so far sent or pledged to send Ukraine just over one million 155-millimeter shells. A sizable portion of that — though less than half — has come from the stockpiles in Israel and South Korea, a senior U.S. official said.

On Monday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for aid to Ukraine to be redirected to Israel immediately. In his post, he emphasized that Israel was facing an existential threat, and any funding for Ukraine should be redirected to Israel immediately.

Israel is facing existential threat. Any funding for Ukraine should be redirected to Israel immediately

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) October 9, 2023

As Republicans call for more support to Israel, some lawmakers hope to push through more aid to Ukraine at the same time.

The Biden administration requested an additional $24 billion in aid to Ukraine, on top of the $113 billion already committed, but House Republicans refused to attach it to a recently passed short-term government funding measure, and there is growing staunch opposition to spending more on Ukraine, Breitbart writes.