February 24, 2024

How initial US support for aiding Ukraine has come to a standstill 2 years later

Source: ABC News

Journalist: Alexandra Hutzler

"I think Putin feels extraordinarily confident heading into the third year of the war in Ukraine," Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a director at the Center for a New American Security and former intelligence officer, told ABC News. "He sees that he has weathered Ukraine's counteroffensive and now he sees the fatigue, particularly in the United States, about our willingness to support Ukraine, and I think he very much feels emboldened. I think he thinks that things are headed in Russia's direction."

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If Congress doesn't act, the options for the Biden administration are severely limited, experts said.

"I don't really think there's a plan B," said Kendall-Taylor.

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"The Russian takeover of Avdiivka is a little microcosm of what happens if the aid doesn't continue," said Kendall-Taylor.

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Author

  • Andrea Kendall-Taylor

    Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program

    Andrea Kendall-Taylor is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at CNAS. She works on national security challenges facing the United States and Eur...