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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Ukraine's Breakthrough in Russia / JD Vance's Cash-For-Kids Plan

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Ukraine now controls 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory after a surprise attack caught Vladimir Putin unprepared. Is the war coming to an inflection point, and will the U.S. send new weapons and support to help? Plus, JD Vance floats a new tax benefit for children that could cost $3 trillion over 10 years. But will Donald Trump and Republicans go along? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.0

A week ago, the Ukrainian military rolled over its northern border

0:27.6

and launched a surprise attack on Russian territory.

0:30.8

Vladimir Putin appears to have been entirely unprepared and the Ukrainians are now

0:34.5

holding about a thousand square kilometers of Russian territory. More than a

0:38.2

hundred thousand Russian civilians have fled. Is this an inflection point in

0:42.0

Ukraine's war against Vladimir Putin?

0:44.0

Later, we'll talk about the child tax credit that JD Vance proposed of $5,000 per child.

0:50.7

Is this a substantive good idea that will help Americans have more

0:54.4

children and what does Trump think about the idea? Welcome to Potomac Watch.

0:58.4

I'm Kate Batchelder O'Dell. I'm here with my colleague Jillian Melcher in Europe who is here to help us understand

1:05.8

how to think about the Ukrainian incursion into Russia. So Jillian let's start at the top

1:10.8

we're going to listen to what U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham

1:13.7

of South Carolina had to say after a bipartisan meeting with Salinsky about what's

1:18.2

going on in Russia. They were predicting in Washington that key would fall

1:22.2

them toward eight the whole country

1:23.6

fall in three weeks.

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