Mark Temnycky
Officials from the United States, France, and Germany recently stated that the Ukrainians could use some of their weapons to strike Russian military targets near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for "counter-fire purposes" only. The announcement was welcomed by many, but it was puzzling why it had taken Western officials so long to make the decision.
For nearly two and a half years, Ukrainians have been subjected to Russia's brutal and violent invasion. Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed. Numerous villages and towns have been destroyed. One-fourth of Ukraine's total population is displaced due to Russia's war.
When the war initially began, several Western news outlets believed that Ukraine would fall quickly to Russian forces. Many foreign leaders were hesitant to provide the Ukrainians with the weapons they needed to defend themselves from the onslaught of Russian troops, and several international observers watched the war anxiously.
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