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Spotlight | Ukraine, United States
Divisions growing in Washington over its role in war in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden at a NSC meeting to discuss the Russian attack on Ukraine, 24 February 2022. © Adam Schultz/White House via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom/MaxPPP

There is growing resistance to the flood of US aid being poured into Kyiv and the White House's strongly anti-Russia rhetoric. Meanwhile Kyiv is using all of the leverage it can to keep up the pressure in the US capital. [...]

Published on 06.06.2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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