November 23, 2021 5:06 pm

‘They Need to Up Their Game’: Daylight between U.S. and Ukraine ahead of Anticipated Russian Attack

Washington and Kyiv are each urging more decisive action from the other.

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 1, 2021.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

By all accounts, Russia is prepared to mount a military assault on parts of Ukraine that it left alone during its seizures of Crimea and the Donbas. But there’s still conspicuous daylight between the U.S. and Ukraine as Washington works to help Kyiv shore up its defenses.