Three American Lives Forever Changed by a Weapon Now Being Sent to Ukraine
The mother of a Marine and two veterans who served in Iraq reflect on the U.S. decision to send failure-prone shells to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia.
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The mother of a Marine and two veterans who served in Iraq reflect on the U.S. decision to send failure-prone shells to help the Ukrainian military battle Russia.
In an apparent break with Pentagon advice, Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s top general in the east, called for “all measures” to defend an area where Russia was threatening to take more territory.
The Saudi defendant, accused of orchestrating the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in 2000, was waterboarded and subjected to other forms of torture by the C.I.A. in 2002 in a secret prison network.
The jets can be sent once Ukrainian pilots are trained to operate them.
The step signals a major shift in American policy and ends months of resistance by Pentagon officials who feared setting a precedent that could pave the way for the court to prosecute U.S. troops.
Trevor Reed’s condition was not immediately clear. His decision to return to the region and volunteer to fight for Ukraine created some “exasperation” within the Biden administration, an administration official said.
The package, which includes artillery, air defenses and mine-clearing equipment, will help replenish Ukrainian forces advance through dense Russian minefields and other defenses.
The money is expected to be used to buy new air-defense missile systems and other military equipment.
The United States already has plans for its limited stock of long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems.
“I saw people eating plants that are usually only used to feed animals,” said one resident of a camp for displaced Syrians that sits in the shadow of an American military base but has been cut off from aid for years.