Congressman Cohen Calls for More Weapons for Ukraine

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, today questioned expert witnesses at a briefing on the Diverse Voices Reporting from Ukraine. In his remarks, Co-Chairman Cohen said that the U.S. and its allies must do more to supply Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to win the war against Russia.

In those remarks, he said in part:

"Putin is a mafia boss. He's a bully. He can only be stopped with power…There need to be red lines drawn. One of the parties suggested we should have a red line in Odessa and say, ‘if you cross this line and attack Odessa, we're going to take out your ships in the Black Sea'…All we need to do is supply them with weaponry. I can understand the concern about a no-fly zone…Apparently, we're finding a way to get our military equipment into Ukraine to help the Ukraine military…A motivated group can do so much more."

See his entire exchange with the witnesses here.

Witnesses at the briefing were:

Oz Katerji, freelance conflict journalist;

Asami Terajima, journalist, Kyiv Independent; and

Olga Tokariuk, independent journalist based in Ukraine.

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