Ukraine Struggles as Its Weapons Supplies Shrink

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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As the second anniversary of Russia's invasion nears, Jillian Melchior reports from Kyiv on the war. Jillian says Ukrainians are determined to fight on, but their situation will be dire if the U.S. Congress fails to send more air defenses, artillery shells and other arms for the country's self-defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.4	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:36.1	The second anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine approaches on February 22nd, and the
0:40.8	brutal war drags on American military aid to Ukraine is running out with no clear path to passing new weapons money through Congress.
0:51.0	Meanwhile our own Jillian Melcher is on the ground in Ukraine this week and she joins us on the special edition of Potomac Watch from Kyve to tell us what the war looks like from there.
1:03.0	Jillian, welcome, good to talk to you.
1:05.4	This is your fourth trip to Ukraine since the war began,
1:10.0	and you followed it all along.
1:11.7	What strikes you about the mood there now in Kieve
1:15.6	and how it's different from your last visit?
1:18.0	Yeah, it has a sense of urgency and tenseness here,
1:21.3	I think.
1:21.6	He has been very well protected by Western Air Defense.
1:25.0	So when I was here in September it felt very safe. I think there is an awareness that
1:32.2	Ukraine if the US doesn't react its weaponry.
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