{"id":1927504,"date":"2023-05-09T18:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-urges-us-to-stick-with-ukraine-even-if-counteroffensive-is-unsuccessful\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T18:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:47:54","slug":"uk-urges-us-to-stick-with-ukraine-even-if-counteroffensive-is-unsuccessful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-urges-us-to-stick-with-ukraine-even-if-counteroffensive-is-unsuccessful\/","title":{"rendered":"UK urges US to support Ukraine despite failed counteroffensive."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fuk-urges-us-to-stick-with-ukraine-even-if-counteroffensive-is-unsuccessful%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=1927504&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--><h2>UK&#8217;s Top Diplomat Urges Continued Military Aid to Ukraine<\/h2>\n<h3>Why President Joe Biden and Other Western Leaders Should Not Give Up on Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged President Joe Biden and other Western leaders to continue sending military aid to Ukraine, regardless of the outcome of an expected counteroffensive. Cleverly emphasized that until the conflict is resolved properly, it is not over. <\/p>\n<p>Cleverly has been vocal about the need for military aid to Ukraine, especially in recent months when British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak authorized the transfer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-v-china-a-menacing-national-security-trend\/\" title=\"US v China: A Menacing National Security Trend\">main battle tanks<\/a> to Ukraine. With Ukrainian officials anxious that an unimpressive counteroffensive might undercut their case for further aid, Cleverly urged Washington not to lapse into war fatigue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cleverly traveled to the United States as European allies and Russia commemorated the end of World War II in dueling ceremonies.<\/li>\n<li>Western politicians have a reputation for calibrating their aid deliveries based on fear of Russian retaliation and a desire to back a winner.<\/li>\n<li>A failure in the effort to support Ukraine would prove \u201cmore painful and more expensive\u201d for the West in the years to come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken adopted a more optimistic tone about the impending counteroffensive, stating that Ukraine has what it needs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-seeks-to-rebuild-economy-with-defiant-small-businesses\/\" title=\"Ukraine seeks to rebuild economy with defiant small businesses\">regain territory seized<\/a> by Russia over the last 14 months. However, Cleverly urged Western leaders to be realistic and recognize that there might not be a simple, quick, decisive breakthrough.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Ukraine Needs Continued Support from the West<\/h3>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the European Union\u2019s top politician to remove the artificial political uncertainty around Ukraine\u2019s relationship with the Western bloc. Zelensky called for a positive decision to launch negotiations on Ukraine&#8217;s membership in the European Union, stating that Ukraine&#8217;s values, security, prosperity, and peace on the continent can be realized to the fullest extent for Europe only together with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>While Western politicians have provided aid to Ukraine, they have a reputation for calibrating their aid deliveries based on fear of Russian retaliation and a desire to back a winner. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that it will be easier for Western leaders to advocate for new assistance packages to Ukraine if there are cases of success.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the West Must Not Give Up on Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>The political pressure on aid for Ukraine has been exacerbated by high inflation over the last year, with a senior Kremlin official openly boasting that \u201cfood is our weapon\u201d due to the world\u2019s dependence on blockaded Ukrainian grain. Cleverly emphasized that this is part of the conflict and not a byproduct of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken dismissed the idea that there is \u201cwaning support\u201d for Ukraine in the United States and cited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) contradiction of a Russian reporter last week as evidence that the support remains bipartisan. Cleverly argued that a failure in the effort to support Ukraine would prove \u201cmore painful and more expensive\u201d for the West in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow we respond to Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-urges-us-to-stick-with-ukraine-even-if-counteroffensive-is-unsuccessful\/\" title=\"UK urges US to support Ukraine despite failed counteroffensive.\">attempted full-scale invasion<\/a> of Ukraine will be viewed, and it will be viewed by observers all over the world \u2014 both state and non-state actors, and they will check to see our resolve,\u201d Cleverly said. \u201cIf we signal to the world that we have only got about 18 months&#8217; worth of staying power, then we create a more dangerous environment for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for the West to continue supporting Ukraine until the conflict is resolved properly. Failure to do so would not only be detrimental to Ukraine but also to the West&#8217;s reputation and security in the years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden and other Western leaders ought to continue to send military aid to Ukraine \u201cirrespective\u201d of the outcome of an expected counteroffensive, according to the United Kingdom\u2019s top diplomat. \u201cWe need to continue to support them irrespective of whether this forthcoming offensive generates huge gains on the battlefield,\u201d British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1927505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[10006,5886,3723,6991,4399],"class_list":["post-1927504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-counteroffensive","tag-failed","tag-support","tag-ukraine","tag-urges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927504","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}