As Russia's invasion reaches the one-year mark, Kyiv stands and Ukraine has beaten even its own expectations, buoyed by a U.S.-led alliance that has agreed to equip Ukrainian forces with tanks, advanced air defence systems, and more, while keeping the city's government afloat with tens of billions of dollars in direct assistance.
One year ago, U.S. President Joe Biden was bracing for the worst as Russia massed troops in preparation to invade Ukraine.
In the estimation of the White House, the war transformed what had been Biden's rhetorical warnings -- a staple of his 2020 campaign speeches -- into an urgent call to action. Sustaining Ukraine's fight, while keeping the war from escalating into a potentially catastrophic wider conflict with NATO, will go down as one of Biden's enduring foreign policy accomplishments, they argue.
The U.S. resolve to stand up to Russia is also being tested by domestic concerns and economic uncertainty. "Don't look at Twitter, look at people in power," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told the Munich Security Conference on Friday. "We are committed to helping Ukraine." The argument was originally framed with China in mind as America's greatest economic and military adversary, and with Biden looking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward the Pacific. The pivot toward Asia is an effort that each of his recent predecessors tried and failed to complete as war and foreign policy crises elsewhere shifted their attention.
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