As Russia was massing troops along the Ukraine border in December, the White House shot down a proposal by the US military to send a “few hundred” military operations personnel to Ukrai…
A White House spokesperson told Politico that “no such plans” for such a training mission “were ever presented” to the White House or the National Security Council.
Pro-Russian convoys arrive outside the separatist-controlled town of Volnovakha in Ukraine on March 12, 2022.The officials would not discuss whether informal discussions were held with the White House or whether the Capitol Hill briefings were held. Ilan Berman, a senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council who has consulted with the CIA and State Department, criticized the decision.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool via REUTERS“This is part of a larger story in which the White House pulled its punches in the lead-up to the conflict, when we already saw that the Russians were amassing troops,” Berman told Politico.
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