Pence: US will have to fight Russia if Ukraine defeated.

If Ukraine is defeated in the war, the U.S. will have to send troops to fight Russia's further aggression, former Vice President Mike Pence said[1] on the Hugh Hewitt Show on July 5. "I have no doubt that if (Russian dictator) Vladimir Putin overran Ukraine, it would not be too long... before the Russian military crossed a border where we would have to send our fighting men and women to fight against them," the Republican presidential candidate said. Pence called for speaking the truth about Russian war crimes, referencing his June 29 visit[2] to Kyiv's suburbs Bucha and Irpin where massacres against civilians took place.

"What's going on in Ukraine is not just warfare. It's evil," he said. Pence added that during his visit, he went by a relief organization that helps Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

He commended their work despite the fact that "Russians are stonewalling everything." The Ukrainian national database[3] suggests that about 19,500 Ukrainian children have been abducted from the occupied territories and sent to other Russian-controlled areas or Russia since last February. The former vice president belongs[4] to the wing of the Republican party that supports further aid for Ukraine and has criticized[5] his former boss Donald Trump for praising Putin.

Bucha massacre survivors: 'Why do Russians hate us so much?'

BUCHA, Kyiv Oblast - Just a bit over a month ago, Bucha was a comfortable, cozy, and rapidly growing suburb just northwest of Kyiv. The town was a place of middle-class apartment complexes and houses, surrounded by woods. Today, Bucha is a synonym of horror known worldwide.

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[6] Martin Fornusek

News Editor

Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

  1. ^ said (hughhewitt.com)
  2. ^ visit (kyivindependent.com)
  3. ^ national database (childrenofwar.gov.ua)
  4. ^ belongs (apnews.com)
  5. ^ criticized (www.eurointegration.com.ua)
  6. ^ Bucha massacre survivors: 'Why do Russians hate us so much?'BUCHA, Kyiv Oblast - Just a bit over a month ago, Bucha was a comfortable, cozy, and rapidly growing suburb just northwest of Kyiv. The town was a place of middle-class apartment complexes and houses, surrounded by woods. Today, Bucha is a synonym of horror known worldwide.

    Russia's defeat in (kyivindependent.com)

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