Welcome to my coverage of the 108th week of Vladimir Putin’s triumphal 72-hour march on Kiev.
The frontlines remain deadlocked, but there is a fragility in the statemate. This is not the Western Front in 1916. This has more of the quality of the Sitzkreig of 1939-40.
US support for Ukraine continues to be a hot topic.
Support for a discharge petition to force a vote on the foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan continues to grow. The petition is now approximately 29 signatures shy of the 218 it needs to bring the bill to the floor. The only thing holding it back is the pro-terrorist faction of the Democrat party objecting to aid for Israel.
The 2024 continuing resolution bill funding Defense and State, among other departments, passed the House. I’m not sure anyone has read the bill, but it would be a shock if funding for Ukraine support contracts signed last year didn’t…