Today so far
- Pressure for the US to facilitate the jet transfer from Poland to Ukraine may be higher than ever after Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, addresses Congress on Wednesday.
- Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, had “substantial discussions of Russia’s war against Ukraine” in Rome today, with China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi. In terms of aiding Russia in its war efforts, White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated that “there will be significant consequences” should China even consider the option.
- Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while reporting in Ukraine. While the circumstances of how he was injured are still unknown, his hospitalization comes a day after Brent Renaud, an award-winning US film-maker, was killed reportedly by Russian forces in the town of Irpin. A US photographer, Juan Arredondo, was wounded in the same incident. When pressed about what the president’s response would be - Joe Biden said in February that the US would respond forcefully if Americans were targeted in Ukraine - Psaki declined to comment.
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The United States and some of its Nato allies – Britain, Poland and the Baltic trio – have been the most vigorous in insisting that Ukraine must, for moral and strategic reasons, receive the weapons it needs to fight Russian aggression.
The moral case, strengthened by Ukrainians’ valiant resistance and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Churchillian wartime leadership, is that Ukraine is the victim, Russia the aggressor.
Yet amid the moral outrage and depth of animosity toward Putin, the risks of pouring arms into Ukraine should be considered carefully and dispassionately.
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