The Trump administration is in the midst of making a decision on whether to transfer lethal weaponry to Ukraine. This potential move is intended to give Ukraine’s military the ability to impose new costs on the Russians and their proxies engaged in a separatist revolt in the country’s eastern region of Donbas, thereby persuading the Kremlin to give up the fight.
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A Ukrainian convoy of armored personnel carriers advanced on the road to the city of Slovyansk on July 11, 2014.