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Sep 15 • 2 tweets • 1 min read
New: The Biden administration is unlikely to significantly change its approach to helping Ukraine fight Russia, sources tell CNN, and is rebuffing some Ukrainian weapons requests for now -- even as Ukrainian forces have made sweeping gains in recent days. cnn.com/2022/09/15/pol…
Officials do not believe the battlefield landscape has changed enough to warrant a dramatic strategy shift in the short term, despite recent Ukrainian requests to lawmakers and the Pentagon for long-range missile systems, including ATACMS. That's still off the table for now.

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White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia and go back to pre-Feb 24 territorial lines, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send. cnn.com/2022/06/28/pol…
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Jun 10
New: Senior US officials have conveyed to Saudi Arabia that the US is prepared to move forward with a reset of the relationship, effectively moving on from the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in order to repair ties with the key Middle East ally. cnn.com/2022/06/10/pol…
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News: The Biden admin is preparing to send Ukraine advanced, long-range rocket systems—known as MLRS and HIMARS—that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say.
Approval could be announced as soon as next week. cnn.com/2022/05/26/pol…
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