The U.S. is wading deeper into Russia’s war on Ukraine even as top officials liken the conflict to the Cold War. Sending advanced air defenses to Kyiv is now the top priority for Ukraine’s Western backers, a senior U.S. official confirmed Tuesday.
. The announcement followed President Joe Biden’s pledge to offer such assistance in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy.
“We’re in a situation that we have not seen since the Cuban [missile] crisis,” Senate Armed Services Chair told POLITICO in an interview. “The more we can do to secure the airspace of Ukraine and help protect the Ukrainian people — that’s something we have to do.”when referring to Putin’s ongoing tough talk.
And tensions had flared between the U.S. and Ukraine as to the appropriate response to Russia’s actions: U.S. officials were angered when the Ukrainians detonated a car bomb in Moscow in August that killed the daugther of a promiment Russian analyst. The public release of information about that plot in recent days was meant, in part, as a warning to Ukraine not to repeat a similarly provocative move, according to an official familiar with the matter.
“If they don’t have any concern for international security and the stability of the world economy, why should we be helping them?” said Sen., a member of the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, echoing calls to cut off U.S. cooperation with the kingdom. in Saudi Arabia in the name of advancing mutual security interests in the region, especially on countering the Islamist regime in Iran. Yet Biden administration officials see a potential shift on the horizon after the kingdom effectively sided with Russia.
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