Posted on 06/18/2021 4:37:25 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
President Joe Biden’s White House halted a proposed package of lethal aid to Ukraine, according to a Politico report.
State Department officials and the Pentagon worked to develop the aid proposal before the White House National Security Council put it on hold ahead of Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The package’s development came in response to Russia’s massive military buildup near the Ukrainian border earlier in 2020, and would have been worth up to $100 million, according to Politico.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing “people familiar with the decision,” that the Biden administration tabled the aid package after Russia said in April they would reduce the number of troops on the border.
Biden officials estimated in May that 80,000 Russian troops remain on the border of Ukraine, the New York Times noted. Biden began his presidency with a series of high-stakes diplomatic signals to Russia and conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia’s troop buildup alarmed Ukranian officials, as it echoed the movements prior to the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
The United States considered including short-range air defense systems, small arms, and anti-tank weapons, Politico reported, but those plans are now on hold.
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Biden the sock puppet for Putin.
So what exactly does the mean. I know he is getting a kick back from them. He held back a check while vp to get a investigator fired. His family is using them like a ATM.
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Ukraine has been an ATM for Dems for 25 years.
Bump up the money to them and get your kickbacks.
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The Russian pipeline and now this.
There’s been too many to count, actually. One of the first things Biden’s handlers did in January was cave to Russia on the new START treaty. Trump got us out of it because Russia was cheating. Biden bent over for Putin and re-upped immediately.
Wikipedia:
On the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration, Russia urged the new U.S. administration to take a “more constructive” approach in talks over the extension of the New START, with the Russian foreign ministry accusing the Trump administration of “deliberately and intentionally” dismantling international arms control agreements and referring to its “counterproductive and openly aggressive” approach in talks.[87] The Biden administration said that it would seek a five-year extension of the treaty, which was then set to expire in February 2021.[88] On 26 January, Biden and Putin agreed in a phone call that they would extend the treaty by five years
I got this.
Translation: Russia bribed Biden more than Ukraine. Too bad Joe won’t be around to enjoy all the graft. Hunter will live large until he od’s on something.
The imbecile got a stay merely because he was given an executive seat.
Ukraine is STILL in play and very interesting.
Nothing has stopped nor gone away .... just covered over with covid and victorias lezzies and fauxchi and ...
ping!
The first check must have cleared the bank.
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