Russia's War Against Ukraine
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David J. Kramer: On military aid, Obama administration zig-zags
his handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press-service on February 3, 2015 shows Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talking to serviceman wounded during operations against pro-Russia militants in the east of the country during his visit to a military hospital in the northeastern city of Kharkiv. Poroshenko said on February 3 that he has \"no doubt\" the US will provide weapons for the fight against pro-Russian separatists, after Washington signaled it may be ready for the risky move.
In his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Ash Carter, the administration’s nominee for defense secretary, said that he is “very much inclined” to send arms to Ukraine. One hopes that this is not another piece of the administration’s one-step-forward, one-step-backward rhetorical pattern regarding the Ukrainian government’s months-old requests for lethal military assistance from the United States.
