US to Provide $425 Million in Military Aid as Kyiv Faces 3 Enemies Alone

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which is approaching the unenviable 1,000-day milestone, is still attracting global attention thanks to the brutal, homicidal behavior of Moscow’s cutthroats.

Ceaseless bombardment of civilian homes, supermarkets and infrastructure are leaving Ukrainian men, women and children in dire straits as the region is nearing winter. Odesa on the Black Sea, for example, has been bombed four times this week as Russia hopes to destroy foodstuffs and other cargo. Mykolayiv, Kherson and even Ternopil have been targeted by Russian rockets. And the death toll keeps rising.

Russia continues to commit heinous crimes against humanity by executing 16 Ukrainian prisoners of war during their incarceration. And, last and certainly not least, another Ukrainian journalist, Victoria Roshchyna, died in Russian detention, or rather was killed by her Russian captors while imprisoned.

The war is expanding systematically beyond the borders of Ukraine by way of the Ukrainian army’s successful invasion of Kursk, the first time the territory of Russia has been invaded since the end of World War Two and the first time ever in history for Ukrainian soldiers to cross the border.

When asked which are the three most dangerous countries on the face of the earth, President Zelenskyy remarked in the Ukrainian parliament that they are Russia, Iran and North Korea. Russia – for obvious reasons; Iran, probably the world’s largest manufacturer of missiles and drones that have been commissioned by Moscow to bomb Ukraine; and North Korea – the latest country to join the evil side of this war by dispatching 10,000 troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine. Actually, Russia and Iran have earlier conspired to eliminate each other’s enemies: Ukraine and Israel, respectively.

While these three malicious countries have set their sights on annihilating Ukraine, there’s only one country with the gumption to stand up to them – Ukraine. Since Kyiv is going it alone against these three international criminals, the free world should be compelled to help it repel these invaders by providing it with all of the weapons it needs as well as membership in NATO.

President Joe Biden spoke to President Zelenskyy on Wednesday, October 16, about efforts to surge security assistance to Ukraine and announced a new $425 million military aid package, the White House said.

The security package includes air defense capability, air-to-ground munitions, armored vehicles and critical munitions, the White House said in a statement.

Zelenskyy, writing on Telegram, expressed gratitude to Biden, both parties of Congress and the American people for the new package and said he spoke to Biden about Kyiv’s five-point “victory plan,” which he presented to parliament on that day.

“I proposed considering the possibility of joint weapons production,” he said. “We also discussed the importance of additional training for Ukrainian soldiers.”

Ukraine, he said, thanked the United States “for its readiness to help Ukraine strengthen its positions to compel Russia toward honest diplomacy.”

It would also be beneficial if the Ukrainian General Staff were to devise an updated plan along the lines of the movie “Operation Crossbow.”