Roundup: Blinken admits U.S. sent arms to Ukraine ahead of conflict

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-01-05

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted Saturday that the United States had "quietly sent a lot of weapons to Ukraine" five months ahead of the conflict. "We saw it coming," Blinken said in an interview with The New York Times, noting the United States made sure that "Ukraine was prepared" by sending it billions of dollars and weapons since September 2021. "What we've had to look at each and every time......

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