Why Aren't We Hearing More Calls for Diplomacy to End War in Ukraine?

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, President Joe Biden is visiting European nations — including Poland — as the war in Ukraine rages on. This follows on the heels of Biden pledging to send $800 million worth of weapons to Ukraine, on top of an additional $13.8 billion approved by Congress. This week on Intercepted: associate editor Maia Hibbett discusses the details behind the U.S. support for Ukraine with investigative reporter Ken Klippenstein and associate reporter Sara Sirota. As Klippenstein and Sirota explain, the U.S. has been sending ISR — or intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance — assistance to Ukraine, without being fully involved in the conflict. The aid, however, could be seen as an escalation to the conflict, despite major news organizations and think tanks pushing for an even more aggressive stance. Klippenstein and Sirota explain that the way out of the conflict is to assist in diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia — not add fuel to the fire. join.theintercept.com/donate/now

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0:00.0	This is intercepted.
0:30.0	I'm Maya Hippit, an associate editor with the intercept.
0:37.0	As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, President Joe Biden will travel to Brussels for
0:50.5	a NATO summit and to Warsaw for a meeting with the Polish President.
0:54.8	President Biden travels to Brussels this week aiming to present a united front on the Ukraine
1:00.0	war with European and NATO leaders.
1:02.4	That's just part of what's expected to be a pivotal week for the administration.
1:06.5	His visit to Poland will take place a day after he meets with NATO allies, G7 and EU leaders
1:12.2	and Brussels, to discuss efforts to support Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia.
1:19.0	This comes one week after Congress approved a bill for $13.6 billion in emergency assistance
1:26.0	for Ukraine.
1:27.5	That same day, he announced the U.S. government would send an additional $800 million worth
1:33.3	of weapons.
1:34.6	We started our assistance to Ukraine before this war began, as they started to do exercises
1:39.9	along the Ukrainian border to Russia starting in March of last year.
1:44.3	We took the threat of Putin invading very seriously.
1:47.2	We acted on it.
1:48.5	We sent Ukraine more security assistance last year, $650 million in weapons, including
1:53.8	anti-air and anti-armor equipment, before the invasion.
1:58.3	More than we had ever provided before.
2:01.2	So when the invasion began, they already had in their hands the kinds of weapons that needed
2:04.8	to counter Russian advances.
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