re: The White House has blocked the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine

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Trump and Putin are allies

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Aw you’re just smaller and newer, they should just give up, stop the killing!

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oh wait who are we surrendering to? PUTIN. shite, better get up and prepared for round 3”

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President Barack Obama chose not to launch a military intervention during Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea because of complex local politics in Ukraine, weak European backing, and fears of a broader escalation. Key Factors Behind the U.S. Response • Internal Ukrainian Politics: In a CNN interview, Obama noted that Ukraine in 2014 was vastly different from the nation that faced the 2022 full-scale invasion. Crimea had a heavy population of Russian speakers and deep local sympathies toward Russian interests, and the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) still included numerous pro-Russian figures. • Reluctant European Allies: The Obama administration relied heavily on economic pressure rather than military force, working alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel to rally hesitant European nations. Many European countries—which depended heavily on Russian energy and trade—were initially resistant to imposing harsh sanctions. • Fear of Military Escalation: U.S. and European leaders judged that a direct military clash with nuclear-armed Russia over a peninsula with deep historical and ethnic ties to Moscow carried an unacceptable risk of a wider war. • Alternative Strategy (Sanctions and Diplomacy): Instead of armed intervention, the U.S. and the European Union instituted targeted economic sanctions through measures like State Department Executive Orders, refused to legally recognize the annexation, and sought to block Russian forces from pushing further into the Donbas region. Criticisms and Defense • Criticism: Ukrainian officials and various Western analysts argue that the restrained 2014 response—refusing to provide lethal military aid to Ukraine—emboldened Vladimir Putin and laid the groundwork for the 2022 war. • Defense: Obama defended the approach by arguing that given the fragile state of Ukraine's military and the divided mindset of European capitals at the time, his administration "held the line" to prevent Putin from swallowing the rest of Ukraine

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We have always had important, strong strategic relations with the United States of America. Our bilateral relationship began developing particularly actively during the full-scale war. I am grateful for all the support.

But we have always built our relationship on honesty, fairness, and, most importantly, transparency. Because when you lie while your people are at war, it is very painful. That is why I have always wanted to hide nothing and never lie to the President of the United States. In any case, we have more in common than America does with Russia. Most people in Ukraine and the United States of America understand this. We would like to continue having the same open, honest, and pragmatic relations with America that we have today.

The position is very simple. We support a mutual energy ceasefire. If we are talking about the idea that we should not strike back at Russian energy facilities after they strike our gas, electricity, oil – everything. The Russians are striking. America cannot stop them. Let's believe that America really wants to, but cannot. Then, as a partner, I am willing to meet President Trump halfway: if they strike us and we cannot strike back – that is neither honest nor fair – but if this is what you need, if you cannot rein Putin in, then give us interceptor missiles so I can protect our energy infrastructure. You couldn't stop Putin – but you helped Ukraine.

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