Can weapons from the US really help end Ukraine's brutal war? - Global Post: Several editorials in American newspapers were in favor of the West arming Ukraine. "For now, however, the United States and its European Union allies must consider how to stop the ongoing military aggression in Ukraine and deter Mr. Putin from further adventures," The Washington Post's editorial board argues. "The clear answer is direct military support to the Ukrainian army."
Can weapons from the US really help end Ukraine's brutal war? Tuesday February 3 rd , 2015 at 2:00 PM 1 Share Enlarge A Ukrainian soldier stands watch on a road between Debaltseve and the Ukrainian-controlled town of Artemivsk, in the Donetsk region, on Feb. 2, 2015. (Manu Brabo/AFP/Getty Images) Should the West provide arms to Ukrainian forces? The answer, according to eight former US officials, is a resounding yes. In a report released this week, the officials, including two former US ambassadors to Ukraine and an ex-NATO military commander, called for the US to supply $1 billion in lethal aid to Ukraine this year. Ukraine, which has been entrenched in an unrelenting and deadly war with pro-Russian separatists, should receive light anti-armor missiles to defend itself given "the large numbers of armored vehicles that the Russians have deployed in Donetsk and Luhansk," the report's authors said . The overarching rat