- United States
- Utah
- Letter
Oppose the delays, restrictions, and concessions that are letting Putin continue killing Ukrainian civilians. Patriot interceptor missiles, already paid for by European allies, are sitting idle waiting for Pete Hegseth's signature. Zelenskyy said it plainly to US senators: "The missiles are ready and they could already be in Ukraine." Every day that signature is withheld, Ukrainian cities absorb strikes that knock out power to 500,000 people and kill children in Kharkiv.
The pattern is undeniable. Starshield network speeds were reduced on a US government-owned system. Sanctions were lifted to hand Putin a diesel-supply deal that funds his continued assault on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilians. Now Trump is floating a meeting with Putin and Xi in China, with Ukraine sidelined from talks about its own future. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned that such a meeting would "only encourage Putin to continue this war."
Putin is the one prolonging this conflict. Pressuring Zelenskyy to accept terms while withholding missiles, throttling communications networks, and cutting deals with the aggressor is not diplomacy. It is abandonment. Restore full military aid, sign off on the Patriot transfers, and stop rewarding the leader who is doing the killing.