Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:33am on 08 Dec 2023,Friday International
Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in his new role as UK Foreign Secretary, urged Republican lawmakers during a visit to Washington to provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons. "There is nothing that will drive Russia further back and put Putin more on the back foot than actually seeing that Crimea, which is legally part of Ukraine, is properly under attack from Ukrainian forces," Cameron said. This would require sending additional long-range weapons to Ukraine. Cameron argued that aid to Ukraine so far has been "tremendous value for money," saying that for 10% of the U.S. defense budget, "nearly half of Russia's prewar military assets have been destroyed." The comments come as Republicans recently blocked $44 billion in new aid to Ukraine in the Senate.
