Category Military aid

Opinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.

Columnist Max Boot writes: "The Ukrainian counteroffensive is less than a month old and already the murmurs of defeatism are starting, with unnamed “Western officials” telling CNN that it is “not meeting expectations on any front.” Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concedes that the counteroffensive is going “slower than desired.” In truth, the plodding pace of the advance should not be a surprise or a cause for serious concern, yet."
Read MoreOpinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.

Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience

"For Ukraine’s counteroffensive to progress faster, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the top officer in Ukraine’s armed forces, says he needs more — of every weapon. And he is telling anyone who will listen, including his American counterpart, Gen. Mark A. Milley, as recently as Wednesday, that he needs those resources now."
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Accounting error on military support does not mean US sent Ukraine $6.2 billion by mistake

The U.S. committed about $78 billion in humanitarian, financial and military assistance to Ukraine from January 2022 to February 2023, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a German-based research organization that tracks nations' support of Ukraine, reported. The U.S. total included $47 billion in military aid. That figure ranked highest among all nations and 14th as a percentage of gross domestic product. A Pew Research Center poll in June of U.S. adults age 18 and older found that 31% of respondents said the U.S. is providing the right amount of aid to Ukraine, 28% said too much and 16% said not enough. The Pentagon did not say that it mistakenly sent Ukraine $6.2 billion in cash. We rate the Facebook post False.
Read MoreAccounting error on military support does not mean US sent Ukraine $6.2 billion by mistake

Claim that a Mexican cartel has weapons sent to Ukraine lacks evidence

An U.S. podcast host misrepresented a Mexican TV newscast by saying that a Javelin the United States sent to Ukraine ended in the hands of a Mexican cartel. That's not what the Spanish-speaking anchor said. Experts also say the supposed cartel member is carrying an AT4, not a Javelin. A TikTok video claimed to show a cartel member in Mexico carrying a Javelin that the U.S. sent to Ukraine. We found no evidence that a Mexican cartel obtained U.S. weapons destined for Ukraine. Experts told PolitiFact that the man in the video is carrying what appears to be an AT4 weapon, not a Javelin. We rate this claim False.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene distorts Zelenskyy’s comments about sending US troops to war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not say this. During a February press conference, Zelenskyy predicted that if Ukraine loses the war, Russia will then invade a country that's a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, forcing the U.S. to defend its allies. Ukraine borders four NATO member countries, but it is not part of the military alliance. Their ruling: Greene claimed that Zelenskyy said he wants America's "sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine." Zelenskyy did not say that. During a press conference, he predicted that if Ukraine loses the war, Russia will invade a NATO member country next. If that happens, Zelenskyy said, Americans would be required to "send their sons and daughters" to war because of NATO's mutual defense treaty. He did not mention U.S. troops going to Ukraine. We rate this claim False.
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Zelenskyy wasn’t talking about Ukraine war when he said U.S. would send ‘sons and daughters’

A video clip of Ukraine's president is going viral, with some on social media claiming Zelenskyy said the U.S. would send soldiers to fight in Ukraine. That's false.
Read MoreZelenskyy wasn’t talking about Ukraine war when he said U.S. would send ‘sons and daughters’
Social Media Posts Misrepresent Zelenskyy’s Remarks on U.S. Military Involvement

Social Media Posts Misrepresent Zelenskyy’s Remarks on U.S. Military Involvement

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted that if Russia’s invasion of his country is successful, it will invade nearby NATO countries, triggering a war involving the U.S. military. Some conservative commentators misleadingly claimed that he’d called upon the U.S. to “send their sons and daughters to war for Ukraine and potentially die.”
Read MoreSocial Media Posts Misrepresent Zelenskyy’s Remarks on U.S. Military Involvement

Viral video of Biden saying he’s reinstating the draft is a deepfake

In the video, President Joe Biden appears to say he's reinstating the draft so the U.S. can help defend Ukraine against Russian forces. The video is a deepfake.
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