Zelensky Really Needs Ammunition, Not a Visit

President Biden is in Kyiv, Ukraine, today. Good for him for accepting the small but undeniable risk of traveling to a country currently being invaded by Russia to demonstrate U.S. support for those beleaguered people. Our Mark Wright observes that, “Neither the U.S. nor Ukraine has total control of the airspace. Neither the U.S. nor Ukraine could guarantee Biden’s security on the ground. The president of the United States was inside the Russian WEZ — the weapons engagement zone — the entire trip. For that Joe Biden should receive credit.”

The president said his visit with President Volodymyr Zelensky will feature an “extended discussion on our support for Ukraine. I will announce another delivery of critical equipment, including artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems, and air-surveillance radars to help protect the Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments.”

The headline above about needing ammunition is not just a reference to Zelensky’s comment from the first days of the war. Ukraine is trying to win the war without using too many artillery shells: