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A Ukrainian Ground Forces soldier fires a British NLAW anti-tank weapon during a military exercise in Donetsk region. Picture date: 15/2/2022
[Ministry of Defense of Ukraine / Creative Commons]
LIZ TRUSS’s promise to send at least £2.3 billion in military aid to Ukraine next year risks “adding fuel to the fire of war,” peace campaigners in Ukraine and Britain have warned.
The PM has committed to match or exceed the amount of military support given to Ukrainian troops in 2022 to fight the Russian invasion.
Ms Truss made the announcement as she prepared to fly to New York on Tuesday morning.
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
