The top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday that supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Moscow-backed separatists would provoke a “negative reaction” from Russia’s president, but that he personally backed the idea of providing “lethal assistance” to Kyiv.
Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, James Clapper, director of national intelligence, said that while Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions were difficult to predict, a U.S. decision to arm Ukraine could lead to Russia delivering more advanced weaponry to the separatists.
“I think the intelligence community view is that if we were to provide lethal assistance to Ukraine, that this would evoke a negative …read more
Source: Voice of America
