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    US giving new consideration to selling arms to Ukraine. Is that wise?

    Sep 28, 2017 4 minutes

    Ever since Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014, subsequently backing a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine that simmers to this day, the United States has responded with a mix of sanctions, diplomacy, and military assistance.

    That final part – supporting the Ukrainian military – has included support of defense reforms, on both strategic and tactical levels; training; and $750 million-worth of non-lethal equipment.

    But there are whispers of change in Washington, hints that a perennial policy option that former President Barack Obama long rejected may be receiving a fresh lease on life: providing lethal defensive weapons to the Ukrainians.

    Some analysts vehemently oppose such a move, worried mostly by the prospect of

    Draft legislationCosts of aggressionA symbolic stand

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