Biden must be brutally honest with Ukraine

While the world’s attention is focused on the war in Gaza, Ukrainian officials are full steam ahead trying to convince their US and NATO partners to remain steadfast in bankrolling Kyiv’s war effort against Russia.

Unlike Zelensky’s shop, the Biden administration’s messaging on the war has been all over the place. On one day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is beaming with confidence that Washington and its European allies will best Russian President Vladimir Putin “in a contest of wills.” Yet on others, a nervous Biden is taking to the White House podium to shame congressional Republicans into writing and passing another aid package.

Let there be no mistake: the situation right now isn’t promising for Ukraine. The military realities on the ground as well as the politics in the West could force Ukraine to alter its war strategy—if not by choice, then by necessity.

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