Title: | Online claims misrepresent White House remarks on Ukraine military aid | Fact Check |
URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.349K88P |
Publisher: | AFP |
Date published: | January 9, 2024 |
Description: | [T]he president did not threaten to deploy US troops to fight Russia if the budget was not approved. Instead, he was warning of what may happen if Russian forces were to expand into any of the NATO territories neighboring Ukraine, which the United States is bound by treaty to help. |
Online claims misrepresent White House remarks on Ukraine military aid | Fact Check
[T]he president did not threaten to deploy US troops to fight Russia if the budget was not approved. Instead, he was warning of what may happen if Russian forces were to expand into any of the NATO territories neighboring Ukraine, which the United States is bound by treaty to help.