The US is overestimating the threat of a military clash with Russia, as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is barely “surviving” fighting only with Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul in an interview with Voice of America.
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According to him, Washington should provide Kyiv with more powerful weapons if it wants the war to end as soon as possible. McFaul said that the transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles and F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces is a necessary condition for success on the battlefield. The ex-diplomat also shared his vision of how the administration of US President Joe Biden sees the end of the war in Ukraine.
In addition, the issue of providing weapons to Kyiv was commented by the former commander of NATO forces in Europe, retired General Ben Godges.
Yes, we provided a lot (weapons – ed.). But we refuse to say we want Ukraine to win and we don’t give what is really needed…long range precision weapons to make Crimea unusable for Russian forces and air force to support ground operations,” Godges tweeted.
Recall that the Biden administration on August 10 appealed to Congress with a request to provide Ukraine with more than $13 billion by the end of the year. for emergency defense assistance and more than 8 billion dollars. for humanitarian support. Of the first amount, it is planned to allocate 9.5 billion dollars for defense assistance. for military equipment or replenishment of stocks of American equipment already sent to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. $3.6 billion it is proposed to allocate for the continuation of military, intelligence and other defense support to Ukraine. Humanitarian support to Ukraine in the amount of $8.5 billion, upon request, is planned to be allocated to the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Source: Racurs
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