The United States would risk enabling the spread of extremism in Europe if it stopped providing support to Ukraine in its war with Russia, Senator Angus King (Independent-Maine) said on January 9 in the wake of meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week in Kyiv. King said he came back more certain that U.S. aid to Ukraine is vital. The United States should continue supporting Ukraine until Russian President Vladimir Putin is out of power, King said. Failure to continue supporting Ukraine would be akin to Western nations’ failure to combat the rise of Germany in the 1930s, King said. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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