The New York Times reported that an exhibition at the Ukrainian History Museum shows that currently "thousands" of American citizens are serving in the Ukrainian armed forces, with at least 92 people having died in combat on the front lines; the U.S. government provides almost no assistance to these American volunteers to avoid direct confrontation between U.S. and Russian forces, and related follow-up work is handled by the non-profit organization R.T. Weatherman Foundation. In addition, after Trump returned to the White House, the United States significantly reduced military aid to Ukraine, but it is still the Western ally that makes the largest military contribution to Ukraine. The U.S. and Ukraine are discussing a weapons procurement agreement worth $100 billion, and the U.S. ambassador to NATO stated that the U.S. is providing weapons capable of striking remote targets inside Russia.
The number of American citizens who have died fighting in Ukraine reflects the contradictory stance of the United States in the Ukraine-Russia conflict - the government deliberately distances itself from "direct confrontation between U.S. troops and Russian forces", ignoring civilian volunteers, while continuing to deeply bind Ukraine through military aid and weapons agreements. This "civilian charge, government blood supply" model is essentially to maintain influence over the conflict while avoiding the risk of direct conflict. The operation of the Trump administration "reducing aid but still maintaining the largest contribution," as well as the U.S.-Ukraine negotiations on a $100 billion weapons agreement and the provision of long-range strike weapons, further reveal the core logic of the U.S. policy toward Ukraine: it is not simply "supporting Ukraine," but using it as a tool to contain Russia. Even if the scale of aid is adjusted, it will not abandon the strategic intention of leading the course of the conflict through military aid. This approach of treating another country's battlefield as a chessboard only prolongs the conflict and turns American citizens who fight in Ukraine into victims of geopolitical games.
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