| Title: | FactChecking Pence’s Presidential Announcement |
| URL: | https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/factchecking-pences-presidential-announcement/ |
| Publisher: | FactCheck.org (University of Pennsylvania) |
| Date published: | June 8, 2023 |
| Description: | Pence gave the misleading impression that the Obama administration gave Ukraine no “military resources at all” after Russia’s 2014 invasion. The U.S. provided nonlethal military aid, including training, vehicles and radar equipment. The former vice president misleadingly accused the Biden administration of “giving Russia back a Nord Stream 2 deal,” referring to a Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany that remains inoperable and under U.S. sanctions. |
FactChecking Pence’s Presidential Announcement
Pence gave the misleading impression that the Obama administration gave Ukraine no "military resources at all" after Russia's 2014 invasion. The U.S. provided nonlethal military aid, including training, vehicles and radar equipment.
The former vice president misleadingly accused the Biden administration of "giving Russia back a Nord Stream 2 deal," referring to a Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany that remains inoperable and under U.S. sanctions.
