Potential Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says protecting Ukraine is not a ‘vital’ U.S. interest
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis makes his first trip to the early voting state of Iowa for a book tour stop at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 10, 2023.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential Republican presidential candidate, said the ongoing war in Ukraine should not be a top priority for the United States.
“While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness with our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them,” DeSantis said in a statement provided to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News.
As a member of Congress, DeSantis voted for several defense spending bills that provided U.S. military and intelligence support for Ukraine.
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Warsaw may give Ukraine MiG-29 jets in next 4 to 6 weeks, Polish prime minister says
Two Polish MiG-29s sit at an airbase in Malbork, Poland, in this file photo from August 2021.
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Poland could give Ukraine MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming four to six weeks, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said, suggesting that Kyiv’s allies were moving closer to an agreement on the next step in their military support for the country.
Poland has said it would be prepared to send Soviet-designed MiG-29 jets to Ukraine as part of a coalition of countries. However, with Kyiv’s allies taking a cautious approach to the transfer of fighter jets it has been unclear how long such a process might take.
“That could happen in the coming 4-6 weeks,” Morawiecki told a news conference when asked how long it could be before Warsaw supplies the aircraft.
Last Thursday Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav…
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