If the United States and its allies can rush to Israel’s defense in the skies, shooting down dozens of drones and missiles fired by Iran, why can’t they do the same for Ukraine — which has suffered under Russia’s missile attacks for more than two years?

That’s the question Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his country’s staunchest backers in the West were asking on Monday, hours after the U.S., the United Kingdom, France and Jordan helped Israel shoot down some 300 drones and missiles fired by Iran in retaliation after Israel killed its senior military commanders in Syria.

“European skies could have received the same level of protection long ago if Ukraine had received similar full support from its partners in intercepting drones and missiles," Zelenskyy wrote Monday evening in a post on X.

  • weew@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    But they’re already helping the Russians. Why would they need more motivation?

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      2 months ago

      We tell the GOP that Russia is launching planes full of pregnant women wanting abortions towards Ukraine. The GOP would then go all-in on intercepting those planes. Except in reality those aren’t planes; they’re Russian cruise missiles heading to Ukrainian cities.