Dem Rep. Garamendi: This Is the Time in Which the U.S. Has To Stand with Ukraine and Prevent the Reestablishment of the Soviet Union

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GARAMENDI: “Bottom line here is, it‘s absolutely critical to our national security, and really to the security of Europe and the world, that Ukraine has the support it needs to be successful in its fight against Russia. We need to understand what Putin really wants to do. He wants to rebuild the Soviet Union. He wants to reestablish the Warsaw Pact, in which Russia dominates eastern Europe. This is a direct attack, through Ukraine, on NATO. If in any way Ukraine is — becomes a puppet of Russia or it becomes a part of Russia, as it once was, then the next step is eastern Europe, and that is NATO. This is the moment. This is the time in which the United States has to stand with Ukraine and with Europe, and make absolutely certain that Putin doesn‘t get his wish, which is the reestablishment of the Soviet Union."