The US Democrats and Appeal Republic: Arming Ukraine as soon as possible

The group of democratic lawmakers and Republicans visited Kiev on Saturday and Sunday, where he met with the commander of the Ukrainian Special Forces and the special operators of the United States and the National Guard troops, who are helping train the Ukrainian Army.

They described the situation as “very disturbing” and asked the White House to speed up sending weapons to Ukrainian forces in hopes of avoiding a Russian attack.

To be honest, promises of strong action in the event of an attack will have a small impact on Putin's” accounts, Republican lawmaker Michael Waltz told reporters Tuesday.

“Putin is doing this, mainly because he thinks he can avoid the consequences”, lawmaker Waltz added. “We need to help Ukraine strengthen and increase costs (with which Russia will face Ukraine) now”.

Even the democratic lawmakers who visited Ukraine urged the White House to take action that will make Russia feel the consequences of a possible attack on Ukraine immediately.

“If Putin attacks, I want him to know that he will face consequences within five minutes, not from a NATO countries conference on measures to be taken in the following weeks“, Democrat lawmaker Seth Mowton said.

“We need to communicate clearly how the weapons we offer will cause major losses to Russian troops on the first day of an attack, and not only after a certain period of”, he said. The “not only convince or try to convince them that such an attack will be painful, but that a large-scale invasion operation will be difficult to undertake immediately“, Mowton lawmaker added.

Lawmakers also voiced confidence that, unlike in 2014, when Russia invaded Crime, Ukrainian forces are now prepared for strong resistance if Putin sends Russian troops there. However, they said that it would be unrealistic to think that Ukrainian troops can endure for a long time.

“I think what we should work for in the near future, right now, is creating the capacity for strong resistance in nonconventional wars“, Democrat Reuben Gallego said.

Some analysts have suggested that such a strategy, aimed at imposing Moscow on a military cost, could function.

“I think that if Putin launches a major attack, this could be too expensive for the”, said Luke Coffey from the Washington-based Heritage Foundation on Monday in response to a question from the Voice of America.

“They have a very strong reserve system in Ukraine and can engage a large number of forces”, he said. The more Russian forces move west, the stronger the resistance would become against them”, said expert Coffey.

The White House signalled on Tuesday that it is prepared to stay on the current course, but promising that Moscow will pay a terrible “achim if it attacks Ukraine due to sanctions President Joe Biden described as devastating.

Our “Our objective continues to be engagement on diplomatic routes that would lead to lowering the” tensions, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday.

“We are obviously engaged in daily discussions with Europeans, Russians, Ukrainians to convey just what we think should happen to reduce tensions on the ground”, Mrs. Psaki said.

However, these talks, including Assistant Secretary of State meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, appear to have had little impact on the situation on the ground, at least so far.

The Pentagon said Tuesday it had not seen any signs of withdrawal from Russian forces gathered along the Russia-Ukraine border.

Mr. Putin on Tuesday reiterated Russia's concern for Ukraine's possible NATO membership during a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, insisting that the West offer necessary security guarantees for Moscow.

The Russian president stressed the importance of the immediate launch of international negotiations to create legally defined guarantees that would prevent any further enlargement of NATO to the east and the deployment of weapons to neighbouring states, mainly in Ukraine, threatening Russia”, Kremlin said through a statement.

Russia's deputy foreign minister threatened earlier that Moscow could be forced to delocate nuclear tactical weapons unless the United States and NATO end the alliance's eastward expansion.

NATO on Tuesday rejected holding such talks, calling it hypocritical, especially the Kremlin's call for a mortorium on Middle-ray nuclear forces operating in Europe.

“We had in effect such a measure of ban, and they violated it”, the Secretary General of General told reporters. NATO, Jens Stoltenberg. “It is not a reliable step they are now taking, proposing a ban that they are actually starting to overstep“, he added. / VOA