Russia News Review: "Obama has so far resisted sending arms to the Ukrainians. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington last month, said the shipments were still under consideration, and senior members of Obama's administration -- including Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey -- have voiced openness to arms shipments. But European leaders, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have fiercely opposed lethal aid out of fear the violence could escalate. Obama was set to meet one-on-one with Merkel after touring a Bavarian village with her on Sunday. Any decision on sending arms to Ukraine appeared unlikely at Sunday and Monday's G7 meeting, where White House officials say the focus will remain on tightening sanctions on Russia. "I think our general view is 'steady as she goes' on that front," said Charles Kupchan, Obama's senior director for European affairs. "We've always said that we favor and are pushing toward a diplomatic settlement to the crisis." A diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine as so far evaded Western leaders..." - Obama works to get Europe behind him on Ukraine - CNN | "Herbst [of the Washington-based Atlantic Council in an interview with VOA], a vocal proponent of providing lethal weapons to Ukraine to defend itself, said that the West’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been inadequate. "We should be providing Ukraine with defensive weapons so they can defend their own territory. We should be putting much more, in the way of troops and military hardware into the Baltic States and Poland, and perhaps Romania, because Mr. Putin has designs on the eastern members of NATO,” said Herbst." - US Defense Officials to Meet on Ukraine Following New Fighting | » Агентство 07/06/15 00:00 from NYT > Russia В неприметном офисном здании в Санкт-Петербурге в России работает целая армия «троллей» на хорошей зарплате, которые наводят хаос... |
"Herbst [ of the Washington-based Atlantic Council in an interview with VOA ], a vocal proponent of providing lethal weapons to Ukraine to defend itself, said that the West’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been inadequate. "We should be providing Ukraine with defensive weapons so they can defend their own territory. We should be putting much more, in the way of troops and military hardware into the Baltic States and Poland, and perhaps Romania, because Mr. Putin has designs on the eastern members of NATO,” said Herbst." - US Defense Officials to Meet on Ukraine Following New Fighting "Obama has so far resisted sending arms to the Ukrainians. Vice President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington last month, said the shipments were still under consideration, and senior members of Obama's administration -- including Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey -- have voiced openness to arms shipments. But European leaders, le