The U.S delayed too much in its decisions about giving Ukraine weapons because the risk that such a move would breach Vladimir Putin's so called "red lines" was overstated, Washington's former ambassador to Russia has told Newsweek.
It was a failure on the part of the United States to supply what the Ukrainians needed beyond their heroic resistance," Sullivan told Newsweek. "Whether it's M1A1 tanks, F-16s, missiles, it's just been delay, delay, delay
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So far, none of these weapons has prompted a stern response from Russia, nor has Ukraine's incursion into the Russian region of Kursk last week, which Putin might also have considered a "red line."