Russia warns of “unpredictable consequences” if the US does not stop arming Ukraine. Video courtesy of YouTube and CBS News.
Instead of backing down, the United States sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Kyiv on Sunday. This is the first time since the start of the war that two such high-ranking US officials were on Ukrainian soil.
Blinken and Austin informed President Zelensky that another $322 million in military aid would be on the way. For those of you keeping score at home, that brings the total US cost of assistance since the invasion to $3.7 billion.
Just last Thursday, President Biden pledged another $800 million in weaponry for Ukraine, saying he would petition Congress for even more money to help support Ukrainian military efforts.
Putin the Blame on US
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the world that the “special military operation” (he still refuses to call it a war) in Ukraine is necessary because the US was using Ukraine to threaten his country, and Moscow has to defend against the persecution of Russian-speaking people. Let that sink in for a second, friend. Putin blames us for his need to protect his people against persecution from Ukraine because we are using them as a proxy to do our bidding. This man has seriously lost his bearing on reality. And this is scary; people in that state of mind are capable of anything.
I’m starting to see a theme here. Putin says that Ukraine and Russia are essentially one people (When have we heard that one before? Hint, Germany 1938) and foresees confrontation with the United States as possible due to his perception that we are trying to strengthen the NATO presence in his part of the world.
To many in the west, it appears that Putin is trying his best at an old-school imperial land grab with possible designs on rebuilding the old Soviet Union. After all, there has been talk from the Kremlin of wanting to re-take Moldova.
He clearly wants the United States to stay out of HIS war, err…special military operation.
There Are No Winners in a Nuclear War
Ukraine says it is fighting an imperial-style land grab and that Putin’s claims of genocide are nonsense. Zelensky has repeatedly pleaded with U.S. and European leaders to supply Kyiv with heavier arms and equipment. And on it goes.
Putin warned us in February that there would be no winners in a conflict between NATO and Russia, which has the world’s biggest arsenal of nuclear warheads. Five thousand, nine hundred and seventy-seven of them at last count.
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