Rajan Menon, director of the grand strategy programme at the Defense Priorities thinktank, who has visited Ukraine three times during the war, said: “Many of the people who are ardent supporters of Ukraine have argued that this is a betrayal and stab in the back.
“I really think people need to stand back and take a deep breath and understand that the United States has provided $46bn in military assistance to Ukraine since the war began and is about to provide another $800m in the latest package, which is about 10 times more than any other single country has provided.
“So while supporters of Ukraine in this country might be up in arms, the Ukrainian government would be well advised to simply say, we know that this meeting took place between private individuals and Lavrov; however, we deal with the Biden administration and we are confident of their support.”
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