WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, acknowledged the incredibly strong resistance Ukraine has mounted against Vladimir Putin’s invasion and urged the Biden administration to get aid to Ukraine as soon as possible. |
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Following Are Blunt’s Remarks:
“Well, more than one month after his assault on Ukraine, you have to wonder if Putin is more surprised by the incredible resistance of the Ukrainian people, the unity of NATO and the changing position in a positive way of NATO to defend freedom where they can and where they’re obligated to and in the neighborhood where they’re obligated to, or the lack of performance by his own military.
“The report last week was seven generals, including two lieutenant generals, had been killed. It’s been reported that at least 10,000 Russian troops have been killed. Tens of thousands of other Russian troops wounded and sent home that way. I think they lost 13,500 or so troops in Afghanistan in 10 years. They’re in line to lose that in 10 weeks in Ukraine.
“And no matter how much you manage the media, the mothers know. The mothers know. And people know. And, frankly, it appears that almost every Russian soldier has a cell phone with them, and they use it all the time.
“And they’re reporting back their shock at what they’re asked to do and what they’re seeing done and the resistance of people who look just like them and can generally speak Russian and hate the fact that they’re there, as we hate the fact that the Russians are in Ukraine right now.
“We need to give them what they need, when they need it. Not what they need when it’s convenient for us to manage to get it to them, but when they need it. The resistance of the Ukrainians has been incredible. It sends a message to the world that freedom still matters, and you don’t want to live under repression.
“We have a chance to have a very different discussion about freedom in the world today than I think we had two months ago, and we should make the most of it. And we should do everything we can to help Ukraine defend itself.” |