In May, the U.S. made an exception, allowing Ukraine to use American equipment to hit back on Russian-based targets involved in the attack on Kharkiv.
The White House’s notably bland statement on the Ukrainian offensive on Wednesday was hardly the sign of an administration in panic.
Read: The final six months of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
The weakness of Russian defense is in some sense shocking—but was also completely predictable because of the way Ukraine has been asked to fight.
The Russians have been able to send almost all of their troops into Ukraine itself, safe in the knowledge that Ukraine’s own partners were securing Russian territory from attack.
Anne Applebaum: Why is Trump trying to make Ukraine lose?.
Maybe the U.S. has finally come to understand that if Ukraine really is going to have a chance to win, it must be allowed to fight the war properly. »
