“Ukraine’s survival is in danger,” declared Lloyd Austin, American Secretary of Defense, after a NATO meeting on February 19. Donald Trump, who holds the lead for the next presidential election, is asking his supporters to block $60 billion in aid to kyiv.
In Europe, Emmanuel Macron attracted the wrath of the Allies by openly discussing the possibility of sending “boots on the ground ” to Ukraine. “No European or NATO soldiers will be sent,” replied Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor.