# U.S. Should Exit War in Ukraine, Stop Supporting 

The U.S. announced Thursday it will provide another round of security assistance to Ukraine including weapons and equipment totaling around $500 million.

January 9, 2025 • News Releases 

**The U.S. announced** Thursday it will provide another round of security assistance to Ukraine including weapons and equipment totaling around $500 million. But, as [Doug Bandow](https://www.cato.org/people/doug-bandow), a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, notes in an [article in The American Conservative](https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-is-the-russo-ukrainian-war-about/), more support won’t fix what Ukraine needs most: manpower. He also provides the inconsistent arguments the U.S. uses to justify the continuing war.

Bandow also [commented recently](https://www.cato.org/commentary/donald-trump-must-avoid-getting-sucked-ukraine-war) on how President-elect Donald Trump can avoid furthering the U.S. involvement after he takes office, including:

- Staying out of the ongoing conflict and taking NATO membership off the table.
- Shifting the burden of Europe’s defense, not share it.
- Stop treating the Pentagon as a welfare agency.
- Engage in serious though discreet negotiations with Russia over a settlement, and
- Allow Ukraine to choose its own course.

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