Delays in Promised Western Military Aid to Ukraine Are Costing Lives, the Defense Minister Says

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Source: US News and World Report/AP

Feb. 25, 2024, at 7:41 a.m.


KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Half of promised Western military support to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately costing the lives of soldiers in Russia's war, the Ukrainian defense minister said Sunday.

Rustan Umerov, speaking at the “Ukraine. Year 2024” forum in Kyiv, stressed that each delayed aid shipment meant Ukrainian troop losses, and underscored Russia’s superior military might.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later told attendees at the event that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. It was the first time that Kyiv has confirmed the number of its losses.

Commemorations to mark the second anniversary of the war on Saturday brought expressions of continued support, new bilateral security agreements and new aid commitments from Ukraine’s Western allies. But Umerov said that they still needed to deliver on their commitments if Ukraine is to have any chance of holding out against Russia.

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1. The PutinGOP doesn't care how many Ukrainians are killed.

The PutinGOP doesn't even care how many Americans they kill.

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2. Time to say GOP is killing unborn Christian Ukrainian babies.

Stick their faces in their own rhetoric.

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3. Shame!!

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4. The House Russiapublicans, under Mike Johnson's leadership, are killing for Putin.

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5. That's music to republicans' ears. More kremlin bitcoin in their pockets.