Biden Backs Ukraine ‘As Long It Takes’ — Until, That Is, the Summer Driving Season

Administration aides in Washington are pressuring Kyiv to halt their drone campaign against the Russ oil industry.

Telegram channel AV BogomaZ via AP
Oil reservoirs on fire in January 2024 after a Ukrainian drone strike at Klintsy, a city in the Bryansk Region of Russia. Telegram channel AV BogomaZ via AP

Should Ukraine stop its drone campaign against Russian oil refineries to avoid an American gasoline price spike during the politically sensitive summer driving season? That is the debate sparked by a Financial Times article last week that said Biden Administration officials are pressuring Ukraine to stop sending homemade drones against Russia’s oil industry. The article came out two days after National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met at Kyiv with President Zelensky.

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