Ukraine's winter: Washington stays ambivalent as losses and energy…

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAl Jazeera is asking whether Ukraine can survive the winter, and its answer starts with Washington, which it says remains ambivalent while losses mount and an energy crisis deepens.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAmbivalent is a generous word for threatening to cut off intelligence sharing and weapons sales unless Kyiv stops striking inside Russia.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the warning the State Department and the Pentagon delivered over the weekend, and this morning's guest called the whole situation treacherous territory for the president.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTreacherous territory with no heating oil. Lovely.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThere's also a second thread from NPR: President Trump is pressing Ukrainians to elect a new leader, while the Justice Department looks into several TV networks over possible antitrust violations.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the networks are under investigation, and we're the ones reading it to you. I'd like a lawyer, please.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou can share mine, Dale. He's very calm and he bills in fifteen-minute increments.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifteen minutes is about how long a Ukrainian household can run a heater on what's left of the grid.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the point worth sitting with: winter is coming whether anyone in Washington has made up their mind or not.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAgreed. For once, Vera, I've got nothing clever to add.