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By Sumantra Maitra, The American Conservative, Jun 4, 2025
Dr Sumantra Maitra is the Director of research and outreach, at the American Ideas Institute, and senior writer at The American Conservative. He’s also an elected, Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society, London. You can follow him on Twitter @MrMaitra.
Walking away remains the best option ahead for the current U.S. administration.
In April 2022, the U.S. and Ukraine were on a routine intelligence-sharing call. The U.S. notified the Ukrainians that Russian capital ships, including the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, a heavy cruiser named the Moskva, the first of its class, were hulking menacingly along the Odessa coastline. The Ukrainians hastily said thank you and bailed out of the call.
The next news, according to the New York Times, left the Biden administration angry and almost in a state of panic. Moskva was sunk by two sea-hugging Neptune missiles. “The Biden administration also didn’t want Ukraine to attack ‘a potent symbol of Russian power,’ highlighting the delicate balance Washington has maintained since the war’s outset—arming Kyiv while trying to avert a broader confrontation with Moscow,” per the report. Any chance of negotiation with Russia was gone. ….
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