10/12: Give Ukraine NATO membership.
NYTimes: Give Ukraine NATO Membership. Peace Depends on It.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine outlines a real plan for peace: NATO membership for Ukraine.
The Ambassador highlights the strategic mistakes the US made in 2008 at the Bucharest Summit. If not full membership today, at minimum allow the Ukrainian Ambassador to NATO to become an ex officio member of the North Atlantic Council, the main decision-making body of NATO.
Perhaps, NATO did play a role in the War for Ukrainian Sovereignty. Putin claims NATO expansionism forced him to invade. Perhaps, mixed signals and weak leadership by US and German leaders encouraged him to invade.
Kyiv Independent: Russia kills Ukraine journalist in captivity
Another Russian war crime. Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and taken to Russia. Held in captivity then killed.
Sen Masto and Sen Rosen along with Reps Titus, Horsford and Lee urgend Biden to reduce restrictions on JUkraine’s use of US-provided weapons.
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And calls on Capitol Hill are increasing for Biden to give Ukraine more flexibility in hitting Russian targets. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for the president to “ease restrictions” on the weapons’ use. That call followed a demand from six House Republicans who urged the president to lift restrictions.