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Among the weapons being sent are US-made FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles
President Donald Trump approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Kiev, including the sale of the
The package includes a license for the $41.5 million commercial sale of .50 caliber Barrett M107A1 sniper rifles and ammunition.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has reported at least 1,000 ceasefire violations a day this month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned US assistance would escalate the conflict.
the US can no longer cast itself as a mediator.
"It's not a mediator. It's an accomplice in fueling the war." ...
it would risk turning the Donbass conflict from cool to warmor even hot. Kiev will see the move as an explicit expression of US backing to provoke it into taking a more aggressive stand. With US arms flowing in, Ukraine will press harder for a military solution.
Ukraine is hardly in a position to pay for the deliveries.
35 Javelin systems with 210 missiles as a well sniper rifles dont change the balance of forces.
But the decision entails more American military instructors in Ukraine.
It will increase even more the US military presence in Ukraine and, consequently, its involvement, making it a party in the ongoing civil war. Thats what Kiev wants to suck the US into the armed conflict. The US already
operates a naval facility in Ochakov. US warships will routinely drop anchor in Ukrainian ports, trainers to teach how to operate Javelins will be accompanied by other people
Imagine Russia doing the same thing in Canada, Mexico or Cuba! Will the US turn a blind eye on such activities?
The move will trigger violations of cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
and undermine chances for the Minsk accords to succeed.
Originally Posted by AZJoe
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