{"id":1436823,"date":"2022-04-14T07:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T11:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436823"},"modified":"2022-04-14T07:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T11:59:44","slug":"trail-of-russian-atrocities-fuels-new-breakthroughs-in-ukraine-military-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trail-of-russian-atrocities-fuels-new-breakthroughs-in-ukraine-military-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail of Russian Atrocities Fuels New Breakthroughs in Ukraine Military Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrail-of-russian-atrocities-fuels-new-breakthroughs-in-ukraine-military-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The defeat of Russian forces near Kyiv \u2014 and the trail of atrocities they left behind \u2014 have fueled a Western willingness to provide Ukraine with military aid once thought too provocative and cumbersome for a war Russia was expected to win in weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>Fears of angering a nuclear-armed Vladimir Putin or undermining peace talks with the Russian president have faded. Most NATO allies are now giving Ukraine whatever it needs to prevail in Act Two: a bloody, protracted battle expected in the eastern Donbas region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The guardrails against triggering World War III have largely fallen \u2014 short of providing the air and ground forces President Biden has pledged not to send.<\/li>\n<li>In military parlance, it&#8217;s called &#8220;mission creep.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture: <\/strong>The Biden administration was careful early in the conflict to differentiate between what it called &#8220;offensive&#8221; and &#8220;defensive&#8221; weapons, fearful of becoming a &#8220;co-combatant&#8221; under international law.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Sunday, national security advisor Jake Sullivan <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"suggested that framework\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-jake-sullivan-weapons-are-arriving-every-day-in-ukraine-137420357950\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-jake-sullivan-weapons-are-arriving-every-day-in-ukraine-137420357950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested that framework<\/a> no longer applied given the &#8220;nature of the battle&#8221; and &#8220;war crimes&#8221; committed by Russian forces.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;[W]e have gotten to a place in the United States, and across many members of the NATO alliance, where the key question is, &#8216;What does Ukraine need, and how can we provide it to them?'&#8221; Sullivan said on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Washington Post <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"reported Tuesday\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/04\/12\/pentagon-ukraine-weapons\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/04\/12\/pentagon-ukraine-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported Tuesday<\/a> the administration is looking at an additional $750 million in aid that includes Mi-17 helicopters the Ukrainians could easily fly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Flashback: <\/strong>During the first week of the invasion, neither the White House, State Department nor Pentagon would go <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"on the record\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2022\/03\/04\/the-u-s-wont-repeat-its-sending-stingers-to-ukraine-00014317\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2022\/03\/04\/the-u-s-wont-repeat-its-sending-stingers-to-ukraine-00014317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the record<\/a> to confirm the U.S. was sending anti-aircraft Stinger missiles to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today, Western-supplied Stingers are the bread-and-butter of the Ukrainian resistance \u2014 and among the less controversial weapons on a <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"lengthy fact sheet\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2992414\/fact-sheet-us-security-assistance-to-ukraine\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2992414\/fact-sheet-us-security-assistance-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy fact sheet<\/a> of military assistance proudly blasted out by the Pentagon press team last week.<\/li>\n<li>It detailed all U.S. military assistance, down to 50 million bullets, as <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Axios reported Thursday\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/50-million-bullets-pentagon-ukraine-aid-612f6272-d794-485f-9e1c-69a830537d91.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/50-million-bullets-pentagon-ukraine-aid-612f6272-d794-485f-9e1c-69a830537d91.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios reported Thursday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>There also was a debate<\/strong> during the first weeks of the war about what types of intelligence the U.S. should share with Ukraine, after Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"said in early March\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/investigations\/biden-administration-walks-fine-line-intelligence-sharing-ukraine-rcna18542\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/investigations\/biden-administration-walks-fine-line-intelligence-sharing-ukraine-rcna18542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in early March<\/a> the U.S. was not providing Ukraine with &#8220;real-time targeting&#8221; intelligence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During a hearing last week, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said for the first time the Pentagon was <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"sharing intelligence\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/07\/politics\/us-intel-ukraine-donbas-operations\/index.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/07\/politics\/us-intel-ukraine-donbas-operations\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing intelligence<\/a> aimed at helping Ukraine conduct offensive operations in the Russian-occupied Donbas.<\/li>\n<li>When Republican senators complained Monday that wasn&#8217;t enough, a U.S. official <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"publicly retorted\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/senate-republicans-intel-ukraine-be80e205-9f27-44dc-b548-33d3e2f81882.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/senate-republicans-intel-ukraine-be80e205-9f27-44dc-b548-33d3e2f81882.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly retorted<\/a>: &#8220;The U.S. is providing detailed, timely intelligence to the Ukrainians on a range of fronts.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The shift isn&#8217;t limited to the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The German government was mocked for sending 5,000 helmets to Ukraine in February, but is <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"now considering\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/german-foreign-minister-annalena-baerbock-calls-for-heavy-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/german-foreign-minister-annalena-baerbock-calls-for-heavy-weapons-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now considering<\/a> joining NATO allies in providing &#8220;heavy weaponry&#8221; in anticipation of the next phase of war.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Czech Republic became the first NATO country to <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"send tanks\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/czechs-ship-tanks-rocket-launchers-artillery-ukraine-2022-04-08\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/czechs-ship-tanks-rocket-launchers-artillery-ukraine-2022-04-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">send tanks<\/a> to Ukraine last week, while Slovakia fulfilled a longtime request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"by transferring\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/slovakia-s300-ukraine-air-defense-system-russia-2d1b77ea-5ccb-4483-b630-0076cb94b1e6.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/slovakia-s300-ukraine-air-defense-system-russia-2d1b77ea-5ccb-4483-b630-0076cb94b1e6.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">by transferring<\/a> an S-300 air defense system.<\/li>\n<li>Slovakia also <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"revived a proposal\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/slovakia-mig-jets-to-ukraine-prime-minister-eduard-heger-bratislava\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/slovakia-mig-jets-to-ukraine-prime-minister-eduard-heger-bratislava\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revived a proposal<\/a> this week to send Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Between the lines:<\/strong> Even the fact that Ukrainian forces may need training to use new weapons systems isn&#8217;t deterring their delivery.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instruction in using more sophisticated systems, such as <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Switchblade drones\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/switchblade-kamikaze-drones-ukraine-russia-b7e1be35-5fce-497a-b11e-e6bcab8d2cad.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"6399731d-8dc6-47a2-aecd-542d125e195e\" data-vars-headline=\"Russian atrocities fuel new breakthroughs in Ukraine military aid\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/switchblade-kamikaze-drones-ukraine-russia-b7e1be35-5fce-497a-b11e-e6bcab8d2cad.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Switchblade drones<\/a> supplied by the U.S., is &#8220;not prohibitive to our decision-making,&#8221; a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defeat of Russian forces near Kyiv \u2014 and the trail of atrocities they left behind \u2014 have fueled a Western willingness to provide Ukraine with military aid once thought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}