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Listen to Zelensky: Pass Ukraine aid NOW or watch it fall to Russia

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Post Editorial Board
Published April 8, 2024, 5:55 p.m. ET

As US lawmakers return from their Easter break, they need to take Volodymyr Zelensky’s warning Sunday seriously: Without US military aid, Ukraine “will lose the war.”

And if that hꦉappens, “other countries will be attacked.”

Yes, it’s that simple.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his country will lose the war against Russia without further US aid.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his country will lose the war against Russia without further US aid. Polaris

Ukraine’s military has been short of a♈mmo and struggling to hold back Russia for weeks.

Moscow is reportedly probin♏g for weaknesses and planning new offensives to capture more Ukrainian territory.

If US help fails to arrive, it’s just a matter of time before Zelensky & Co. are annihilated or forced to surr♔ender.

And𒅌 anyone who thinks that outcome won’t endanger the entire world, including America, is kidding himself.

A Russ💎ian vic⛎tory will leave the world more unstable than it’s been since the Cold War.

Central Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic stat𒈔es and other countries would be at grave risk from an emboldened Vladimir Putin.

NATO nations would face an enormous threat, and as a member of the a🌟lliance, America would be obliged t🌟o defend them.

China, too, would read Ameri🅠ca’s fecklessness as a green light to move on Taiwan; Iran would feel free to wa෴ge more terror throughout the Middle East, and beyond.

Most lawmakers know this and back Ukraine aid, but absurd politics are gಌettingღ in the way.

On the right, a growing number of Republicans have forgotten the principle of peace th𓂃rough strength, grumble about costs and are willing to abandon an ally.

On the left, President Biden and Democrats believe progressive goals — keeping the US-Mexico border wide open, banning liquefied-natural-gas exports to fight climate🔴 change — are more important than aiding Ukraine, and so have r🎃esisted compromise.

Biden himself hasn’t lifted a finger to drum up bipartisan support. Is he secretly hoping 🐷Ukraine falls so can blame Republica෴ns?

The adults need to take charge. America 🍸simply can’t let Ukraine succumb.

Lawmakers need to pass legislation — whether the Senate bill, including aid for Israel and Taiwan, or a House package, perhaps with funds to be🎀 repaid🐈 by Kyiv when it can.

The stakes are just too high. And the world can’t wait any lo𓄧nger🅷.