A dangerous escalation in Ukraine.
The U.S. backed genocide in Gaza has pushed the war in Ukraine off the front pages.
Under mounting pressure because of the student protests on campuses across the U.S. and the world, Joe Biden has threatened Netanyahu with withholding some weapon deliveries for a short time.
At the same time Biden is engaged in a dangerous escalation of the proxy war in Ukraine.
Today the Defense Department announced the authorization of security assistance valued at up to $400 million in weapons for Ukraine.
• Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
• 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 200 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
• 10,000 120mm mortar rounds;
• High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
• 150 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
• Over 100 light tactical vehicles;
• Over 20,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
• Over 200 generators;
• Spare parts for 105mm Howitzers and other equipment.
In total, the United States has committed more than $19.7 billion in weaponry to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration. Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $21.8 billion in weaponry to Ukraine and more than $19 billion since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Since the start of the bloody conflict it is estimated that over 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian soldiers and Ukraine civilians have been killed.