Cruz pushes for US to arm Ukraine
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Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that the U.S. should honor a treaty obligation to supply weapons to Ukraine to thwart Russian-back separatists — a plan with little support among European leaders trying to broker a cease-fire deal as early as Wednesday.
“When it comes to Russia and Ukraine, the path we’re on doesn’t make any sense,” Cruz, R-Texas, told ABC’s “This Week” while at the Munich Security Conference. “We need to be providing defensive arms to the people of Ukraine.”
He was in Germany as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation attending the conference that also met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
“We have a treaty obligation to stand with them,” Cruz said. “And right now, unfortunately, the Obama administration is not honoring that obligation. We need to come together and provide defensive arms so that [Ukraine] can stand up against this Russian aggression.”
The three-day meeting took place as Russian-backed separatists gain ground in eastern Ukraine.
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