Yahoo News published a laudatory report yesterday that gives the UK the credit for keeping the war in Ukraine going (which they spin as something positive). Zelensky “has quietly acknowledged to foreign officials that the United Kingdom has played a crucial role in convincing allies like the United States to dramatically increase military aid ahead of a summertime counteroffensive against Russia,” they say. “That may be one reason Zelensky was all smiles Monday (June 5) as he welcomed U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to the Ukrainian capital. ‘Ukraine can count on the U.K.’s support,’ Cleverly told Zelensky.”
While the UK’s $7.1 billion in military support to the Kiev regime is a distant second to the US total of $46 billion, the Brits have led the way in escalating from anti-tank weapons to tanks to long-range cruise missiles, breaking the taboos that had continually been laid down by the US, Germany, and others. “In my meetings with presidents and prime ministers, they’ve been clear that the UK’s willingness to act first to save Ukrainian lives by providing specific equipment shifted the dial significantly,” Alicia Kearns, chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told Yahoo News. “It enabled more countries to step forward and provide the support needed to limit and prevent atrocities by Russian forces against Ukrainians.”