Does America Want Ukraine to Defeat Russia? It Doesn’t Look That Way.
The president’s foreign policy legacy will be shaped by a looming decision in Ukraine.
Will Joe or won’t he?
Once again, Ukrainian wartime leaders are preoccupied with a looming choice across the ocean in Washington that will shape their fate as much as anything that happens on the front lines.
In my conversations with them here in recent days, they expressed a mix of concern, exhaustion and determination. The spring and summer fighting seasons brought successes — a stunning incursion into Russia and technological advances in drone and robotic warfare that blunted their enemy’s advantages in manpower and weapons. But the human cost for Ukraine is huge — pictures of those killed in action hang across Kyiv. Russia is stepping up bombing attacks, including on this capital and energy infrastructure, with worries growing that this winter may be the hardest ever.