DENVER (KDVR) — Coloradans marched on the Colorado Capitol on Sunday, calling for justice for Ukraine after repeated airstrikes from Russia within the final two days, reportedly killing at the very least 22 folks.
The assaults come simply days after President Donald Trump’s public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace and the Trump Administration’s subsequent withdrawal of all U.S. support from Ukraine.
It is extra than simply navy assist by way of rockets and different armaments — the U.S. was additionally offering navy intelligence and humanitarian support. On Sunday, Denver protestors known as for a peaceable finish to the struggle and a change to the Trump Administration’s latest overseas coverage stance.
Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, instructed FOX31 that he believes the U.S. ought to stand by Ukraine within the struggle.
“We should not be taking away the intelligence that we’re sharing, we should not be taking the weapons that we’re sharing, we needs to be asking, demanding that we keep on this struggle with Ukraine till there’s a simply and sturdy peace that features, amongst different vital issues, a assure of safety for Ukraine,” Bennet stated Sunday.
It echoes Bennet’s message for the previous few weeks: That U.S. support has been beneficiant, however it’s a vital step to stopping the Russian military from overtaking Europe.
“Their braveness, our weapons, and the weapons of our allies have held Putin’s military on the gates of Europe,” Bennet stated on Feb. 28. “In protection of their nation, democracy, and the West, Ukraine has additionally paid a horrible human toll – 43,000 deaths and one other 370,000 casualties. In cemeteries throughout Ukraine, which I’ve visited, contemporary graves, piled with filth and flowers, testify to their sacrifice.
“Each time President Trump opens his mouth, together with together with his lack of self-control within the Oval Workplace at present, he weakens Ukraine’s bargaining place, and ours, and makes the world extra harmful,” Bennet stated.
Trump threatened Friday to impose sanctions and tariffs on Russia due to its continued assault on Ukraine.
“To Russia and Ukraine, get to the desk proper now, earlier than it’s too late,” Trump wrote on Reality Social.
He additionally shared a clip from an interview with FOX Information host Maria Bartiromo on ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ arguing he is been “the hardest” on Russia.
“No one has been harder on Russia than Donald Trump, no person,” Trump stated Sunday, earlier than discussing the Nord Stream 2, an undersea pipeline that’s designed to export Russian gasoline to Germany. The pipeline was accomplished however has not entered service.
“On the similar time, I obtained together with Putin, I obtained together with Kim Jong Un, I obtained together with President Xi, however no person was harder on China than I used to be,” Trump stated.
Bennet argued that America’s response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will dictate what different world leaders would possibly do.
“As I stated on the Senate ground final week, rolling over to Putin will embolden different dictators around the globe – particularly Xi Jinping of China,” Bennet stated on Feb. 28. “Anybody involved about Beijing’s potential takeover over Taiwan is aware of that there is no such thing as a higher take a look at of how the free world will reply to Xi’s potential invasion than how we reply to Putin’s.”
On March 4, Bennet was joined by 9 different senators in a letter demanding Trump preserve commerce restrictions on Russia, calling Putin a “ruthless dictator” and arguing that permitting Russia to revive commerce relations permits the nation to fund its struggle.
