Why the U.S. Is Sending More Powerful Weapons to Ukraine

<p>Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the United States and allies have held back from sending Kyiv their most potent arms.</p><p>Over the past few weeks, that has started to change.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-schmitt?smid=pc-thedaily">Eric Schmitt</a>, a national security correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Ukraine has<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-western-tanks.html"> a narrow window of time</a> to retake more territory ahead of an expected Russian spring offensive.</li><li>The Biden administration is considering the argument that<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/us/politics/ukraine-crimea-military.html"> Kyiv needs the power to strike Crimea</a>, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a></p><p>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>