TOPLINE POINTSThe Biden Administration’s incremental armament of Ukraine and failure to establish an end state has entrapped America in an endless war. With further requests for military and financial aid to Ukraine looming, the America First position on Ukraine should be clear. Russia wants to defeat Ukraine as a nation, and Ukraine wants Russia to remove its forces from all the Ukrainian land they have occupied since 2014. The Ukraine war has crested more than 600 days, and Russia still occupies approximately 20% of Ukrainian territory in the eastern Oblasts (States). Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have recognized the unique redline Ukraine poses to Russia relative to NATO expansionism.

Source: New York Times November 02, 2023 22:24 UTC