Why Ukraine Matters

Both necessity and opportunity fully justify assisting Ukraine with sanctions, arms, and money.

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A convoy of Russian armored vehicles drives along a road near Mariupol, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 20, 2022.

Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

A healthy debate is beginning, both in and out of Congress, about America’s support for Ukraine in its resistance to the Russian invasion. It forces us to ask, and answer, fundamental questions that the Biden administration has yet to address in any serious way.

Why are we helping the Ukrainians? Why should we care who wins this war?

Jim Talent

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Jim Talent

Jim Talent is a former United States Senator from Missouri and former chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He is currently a senior fellow at the Reagan Institute’s Center for Peace through Strength and a board member of the Bartlett Maritime Corporation.

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