Ukraine in Arabic | American politicians want to provide military support to Ukraine
KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ Leading American senators have called for the US to send weapons to help Ukraine fight what they say is "a Russian invasion".
U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have called on U.S. President Barack Obama to give Ukraine lethal weapons to fight terrorists.
They said this in a statement posted on McCain's personal website.
"The Obama Administration's policy in Ukraine effectively amounts to an arms embargo on victims of aggression. This is contrary to both our national interests and our long-standing ideals of supporting free peoples in their struggle against subjugation. The United States and the European Union must provide Ukraine with the arms and related military and intelligence support that its leaders have consistently sought and desperately need," reads the statement.
The senators said they were sure that if U.S. and EU leaders continue to fail to understand that, "Putin's conquest of Ukraine will only grind on and may possibly spread to Moldova and the Baltics."