Still, France continues to supply Ukraine with arms, howitzers, and anti-tank missiles, and train its soldiers. This seemed to culminate in Macron’s urging allies "not to humiliate Russia." According to his own statements, he has spent over 100 hours on the phone with Putin in the last six months - and is proud to say that he continues to call him regularly. Perhaps no other politician in Ukraine is mocked more than the French president. Still, Ukrainians understand the world has changed.and one indispensable ally isn't enough to defeat Russia. remains what Madeleine Albright called in 1998: the indispensable nation. Still, and always, even under new circumstances, the U.S.
today is the main driver of sanctions against Russia, and by far the leader in overall terms of the number of weapons transferred to Ukraine. Overall, Ukrainians understand that the U.S. The support continued this week with another $1 billion pledged to Kyiv on Wednesday night.īut beyond the hardware, Joe Biden has won wide praise in Ukraine by calling Putin a war criminal and butcher even while finding ways to keep his distance from his nuclear opponent. Heavy armament, such as 155-millimeter M777 howitzer, were first delivered after the adoption of the Lend-Lease. It was there that an agreement in principle was reached to augment the supply of weapons to Ukraine, in both quantity and quality. But Ukrainian Pravda writes that the real turning point in the arms issue was the meeting at the U.S. That began to change with the impressive showing of Ukraine’s military, pushing Russia back in the early weeks of the war. Joe Biden has won wide praise in Ukraine by calling Putin a war criminal and butcher.
Some in the Pentagon predicted that the capital would fall within 96 hours.
overestimated Russian forces, and did not seem to trust the Ukrainian army's capacity for active resistance or the utility of sending arms to Kyiv. In the lead up to the invasion in February, the U.S. President is a fully trusted partner, even if Kyiv hasn’t always gotten what it wants from Washington.