Summary
As Biden accelerates military aid to Ukraine before Trump’s inauguration, uncertainty looms over U.S. support for Kyiv.
Biden has approved $2 billion more in aid, eased restrictions on longer-range missiles, and advanced a $50 billion loan backed by frozen Russian assets.
Ukraine braces for reduced U.S. support under Trump, who calls for a ceasefire likely favoring Russia.
Moscow, stretched by escalating offensives, faces mounting losses, including setbacks in Syria.
Zelenskyy urges continued Western aid, warning that a premature ceasefire would benefit Putin.
Tin pot dictators don’t work with policy, they work with people. Some oligarch is losing big with this decision as punishment for disloyalty, and some other oligarch is winning big as a reward for loyalty. It doesn’t have to make sense beyond that.