Russia-Ukraine war heating up as Biden exits, Trump returns

The Russia-Ukraine war has been heating up in recent weeks following North Korea’s deployment of over 10,000 troops to assist the Russian war effort. President Biden, citing that development and following years of public criticism, is now permitting Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range missiles against select targets in the Kursk region of Russia. Putin, in response, threatened yet again to use nuclear weapons.

Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Ben Weingarten reviews these and other recent developments in global conflicts and offers his take on why President Biden is just now approving these measures.

The following is an excerpt from the above video:

Trump has promised to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a swift close. President Vladimir Zelenskyy said the war will end “faster under Trump.” More than half of Ukrainians want a quick negotiated end to the war, according to recent polling. Vladimir Putin is reportedly open to talking.

Under the Trump I administration, the president dealt strongly with Russia to deter her while maintaining an open line of dialogue with Putin. Unlike under Biden and Obama, there was no invasion of Ukraine, yet, less than two months from a Trump administration determined to end the conflict and better positioned to deter Russian aggression going forward, Joe Biden seems to want to needlessly escalate the conflict.

In addition to committing to throw billions more at what looks like, at best, an apparent bloody stalemate, and reversing policy to provide anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, Biden also lifted restrictions permitting Ukraine to launch long-range ATACMS, American tactical missiles, into Russia.