Divisions Grow Over Sending More Aid To Ukraine

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🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The country's wartime president heads to the United Nations and to Capitol Hill this week to make the case for more support. But the topic of further funding Ukraine's war efforts is increasingly dividing the American public, with Republicans in Congress especially split.

This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, national security correspondent Greg Myre, and political correspondent Susan Davis.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Terry Gross, the host of Fresh Air. We bring you in-depth, long-form interviews
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0:15.9	Hi, this is Morgan. Doing the dishes while my wonderful, amazing partner puts our two-year-old
0:23.7	to bed. This podcast was recorded at 1.06 p.m. on September 18th, 2023.
0:31.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear it. Like, hopefully, our toddler will have accepted
0:36.5	the gentle slumber of tonight. Okay, here's the show.
0:42.4	I know that division of labor quite well in my own house.
0:48.3	There's something peaceful about listening to someone do the dishes. I think I would do
0:51.0	a toilet list of that. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks,
0:56.1	I cover voting. I'm Greg Meiery, I cover national security. And I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.
1:02.1	And we're going to talk about Ukraine today. The war is still continuing, and there's increased
1:07.0	urgency as winter approaches fighting becomes a lot tougher. And in the US, the question
1:12.4	over whether to continue funding the Ukrainian war effort is becoming increasingly polarized.
1:17.8	Greg, you were reporting from Ukraine recently. For those of us who have not been following
1:22.4	the war every single day, what's new? Bring us up to speed.
1:26.2	Sure. The Ukrainians have been pushing this offensive in the southeast of the country.
1:31.7	And the goal is to push really like 50 miles south to get to the southeast coast and split
1:38.0	the Russian forces in two, leaving them much more vulnerable. But it has not gone as
1:43.8	planned. The Ukrainians have made some advances since they launched this in June. They've
1:48.9	moved up a few miles here, a few miles there. But it's really, really tough fighting. The
1:54.6	Russians are dug in. They're contesting every piece of territory. And just a quick step
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