Ukraine: How Biden Can Counter Putin & Russia

The intensifying situation in Ukraine has presented President Biden with perhaps his most difficult foreign-policy challenge yet. Ukraine — a non-NATO, pro-Western ally 31 years free from the grip of Moscow — is once again staring down the barrel of its familiar foe, with over 100,000 Russian troops amassed on its border.

It was once unthinkable that Russian president Vladimir Putin, for all his Soviet nostalgia, would make a grab for the Donbas region of Ukraine. That threat is now imminent, and it jeopardizes not only Ukraine but free Europe as we know it.

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Roger Wicker

Roger Wicker, ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, represents Mississippi in the U.S. Senate.

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The intensifying situation in Ukraine has presented President Biden with perhaps his most difficult foreign-policy challenge yet. Ukraine — a non-NATO, pro-Western ally 31 years free from the grip of Moscow — is once again staring down the barrel of its familiar foe, with over 100,000 Russian troops amassed on its border.

It was once unthinkable that Russian president Vladimir Putin, for all his Soviet nostalgia, would make a grab for the Donbas region of Ukraine. That threat is now imminent, and it jeopardizes not only Ukraine but free Europe as we know it.