Russia Tells US To Halt Ukrainian Military Support.
Russia is informing the United States to stop arming Ukraine in what is evidence that our support is helping them deter Russian aggression. (Washington Post)
“Shipment of the weapons, the first wave of which U.S. officials said would arrive in Ukraine within days, follows an urgent appeal to Biden from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russian forces were said to be mobilizing for a major assault on eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region and along the coastal strip connecting it with Russian-occupied Crimea in the south. Russian troops have largely withdrawn from much of the northern part of the country, including around the capital, Kyiv, following humiliating defeats by the Ukrainian military and local resistance forces.
“What the Russians are telling us privately is precisely what we’ve been telling the world publicly — that the massive amount of assistance that we’ve been providing our Ukrainian partners is proving extraordinarily effective,” said a senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive diplomatic document.”
The Ukrainians are proving to be fierce warriors when defending their national freedom. The David and Goliath scenario that has played out, much to the World’s amazement, continues to astonish with a growing list of Ukrainian victories. The Ukraine, however, is now reaching out to the developed World in hopes of receiving continued military support to keep up their war time momentum. The United States and Europe, however, are still reluctant to directly poke the the bear for fear of a nuclear escalation that cannot be diffused.
