WASHINGTON — A Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee suggested a significant escalation in the U.S. role in the war for Ukraine on Friday, urging the Biden administration to give Ukraine U.S. military aircraft to attack a Russian convoy.
“We should all be concerned about the Russian convoy heading toward (the Ukrainian capital) Kyiv,” Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania said in a statement. “And give Ukraine the tools to destroy it. Today I’m asking the Biden Administration to consider transferring additional military systems to Ukraine such as A-10 aircraft to counter Putin’s armored assault.”
But such a move faces significant political hurdles, and the Defense Department appears not to have even held any high-level discussions on the idea.
