Monday, April 14, 2014

Growing Support In Washington To Supply Arms To Ukraine



Kerry Adviser Says Arming Ukraine Forces Is An Option -- Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States is considering supplying arms to Ukraine, where unrest in eastern cities bears the hallmarks of a Russian destabilization drive, an adviser to Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.

Ukraine's president on Monday threatened military action after pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings in the east ignored an ultimatum to leave and another group of rebels attacked a police headquarters in the troubled region.

Asked during a trip to Berlin whether the United States could arm Ukrainian forces, senior diplomat Thomas Shannon said: "Obviously we are looking at that as an option ... but at this point I can't anticipate whether or not we are going to do that."

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Update: Kerry says arming Ukrainian forces is an option -- Haaretz/AP/Reuters

My Comment: It was U.S. Senator McCain who first talked about sending arms to Ukraine (above video) .... and now we have a senior Kerry aide who is talking about doing exactly the same thing. Talk about adding gas to the fire.

1 comment:

James said...

What arms, how would they get them there, who would train the Ukrainians to use them, how would the Ukrainians use them? The list is endless.