Public sentiment is predominantly negative toward U.S. involvement in the Ukraine conflict, with strong feelings of skepticism regarding the motivations behind U.S. military assistance. Many commenters express a belief that support for Ukraine may escalate tensions with Russia and criticize political leaders for profiting from war rather than pursuing peace. While there is some support for aiding Ukraine against Russian aggression, a significant number of voices advocate for a reduction in U.S. involvement and emphasize the need for peace negotiations.

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"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."  
\- Winston Churchill

Neat_Leadership_5133

Zelenskyy must have got a copy of the Epstein files.

Helpful-Isopod-6536

How is this the most direct support for long range strikes in Russia since the war started when the Biden admin was providing that intel and capable equipment? 

Equipment and intel which the Trump admin stopped supplying.

Chuckychinster

East-Plankton-3877

Not the kinda thing I would’ve announced

Glidepath22

lol all the sheep thinking that US has not been providing intelligence all along.

Sure, Ukraine has only been using google maps so far. 🤣 

This is trumps play to get Putin back to the table

Fit_Rice_3485

I think Trump should think which wars he'd rather fight,, the war within,, or potentially other countries.. and someone should make him realize, that our military isn't as big or powerful as he think it may be.

Creative-Strength-60

Good. Hope doesn't flip flop in 20 minutes.

mrpressydepress

How could they trust us considering everything they know about Trump?  That intelligence could very well be coming straight from Russia.

Ammut88

Does that mean we get to see more forte flights on the air tracker?  I think Japan has been filling in the gap

cyrixlord

Oh great two end of life geriatric megalomaniacs playing ego strikes, with their fingers on the largest nuclear arsenals in the world what could go wrong?

korik69

ShameCrazy3949

Putin is going to release the Pee Pee tapes

chet-

Get you dependent on it then apply hostile leverage

Suitable_Database467

Dagda1974

NhakaNhaks

So trump does the most trump thing ever to Russia. Takes money, makes promises, never delivers, fucks them over in the long run.

-boatsNhoes

WeirdAccount7921

whatfresh_hellisthis

Trump- Ukraine listen, send your missiles and drones through here and here and then a right turn there.

Also Trump- Putin, you wait and shoot down all the Ukrainian missiles and drones there.


 Yeah, right believe Trump…    /s

colorme1965

Zelensky (hopefully) realizes that TACOs don't change and to take all that he can while it lasts.

floofnstuff

Maybe he'll finally end the war in 24 hours

brumbarosso

Probably not the right Sub to ask this, but the fuck was Putin thinking? Did he overplay his hands with Trump (that tbh sounds impossible)? Is Putin still playing 8D chess???

Kaito__1412

He wants that Nobel peace prize so bad. What a child.

Bigstar976

I wouldn't trust any intel the US gave on Russia....

OSHA_Decertified

I'll consider this a 'shift' once these missiles start flying towards Moscow.

Trump has said a lot of shit these past few months. If I had to guess he's probably fishing for more positive attention, since he seems to be rather unpopular even among his own cult.

Gotta be rough on his ego.

XWasTheProblem

Objective-Ring7630

Yes … Noooo…..I am sure they will also provide the coordinates to theirs friends in the USSR.

Fun_Huckleberry4385

If they’re announcing it that means they’re already doing it

lostsailorlivefree

9 months too late, as always. Trump was  told not to trust Russia from Day One. Imagine how much more progress Ukrainian forces would have made if they got this kind of support from Day One.

JamestotheJam

B0wmanHall

Don't trust us. He's going to alert putin before each strike

T1gerAc3

He’s going to start Armageddon for his Radical Religious Right cult.  He knows his health is failing, so he’s going to bring down the whole world with him.  Russia is going to interpret the intel and Tomahawk cruise missiles as an existential threat to Russia.

Indiana-Irishman

I'll believe it when an independent news source confirms an actual occurrence.

I'm definitely not taking the word of trump or any US MSM as they have been captured by white christian nationalists.

AmbitiousEffort9275

Ukraine is already striking deep inside Russia, far beyond Moscow.

HCHS67

Low-Astronomer-3440

Donald just figured out, Russia is a paper tiger.

Due_Panda5064

Putin and Trump spoke in Alaska and agreed Trump will attack Iran while Russia supplies them like he attacked Ukraine and we supply them under a mutual agreement USA and Russia won’t directly fight each other . :(

BrayWyattFirefly

I don't really know what that means. It should be obvious were refineries and energy infrastructure is located ... what kind of intelligence would you need.

Twix238

Is this the intelligence that the us pulled when trump had his "did you even say thank you" tantrum?

Direct_Class1281

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the-polite-villain

Yes liberals now is your opportunity to take your place at the side of a fascist. Flee, flee like the little fascist weasels you've always been and good fcking riddance

ra-re444

Ok_Antelope3047

This is to justify Russia using tactical nukes I

somethingsoddhere

'US is urging NATO allies to provide similar intelligence support'  is this the same US who cut intelligence about Ukraine to its five eyes partners ?

Fluid-Piccolo-6911

damien24101982

Change the course of the war? I don't think so. This may result in complete destruction of Ukraine's infasfructure though if Russia decides to commit more resources to the war and up its drone + missile production.

CluelessExxpat

Darwinknew

Jey3349

Wait.... He's urging NATO to do the same?..... Like we did for what? 3 years? While the couch potato was soiling his diapers?

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Emergency-Season-143

So in a day it went from missiles to strike deep and now it will be just intelligence to strike deep? Because maps don't exist? We'll also just forget this story is happening again just like 2 years ago word for word...

DarthDork73

US to make its policy of providing intelligence for long range strikes publicly known***

Nothereforstuff123

1000Zasto1000Zato

Major political shift, US to admit to provide inteligence for deep strikes inside Russia.

ppmi2

You think Russia will not use nukes , if ukraine strikes moscow.

Ghost__Operator

On a poll 

Is the U.S. providing too much or too little support to Ukraine?

Overall, 29% of Americans say the U.S. is not providing enough support to Ukraine, while 18% say it is providing too much.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/14/americans-views-of-trumps-decision-making-us-policy-toward-russia-ukraine-war/

It’s also very political just for example before Trump was in office 47% of Republicans believed we were sending Ukraine too much and since Trump got into office it decreased to 30% 

35% of Democrats believed we were not sending Ukraine enough before Trump got into office and today it’s 48%

Sufficient-Win-1234

The invasion of Ukraine represents far more than just the eastern oblasts.

PressPausePlay

As not being nearly enough. The US needs to start sending hundreds, if not thousands, of additional pieces of heavy equipment. Flood the field with drones, armor, and high tech weaponry. Whatever it costs will be worth the price to end Putin's reign of terror.

Heffe3737

The US built decades of assets to stop a Russian invasion in Europe.  That invasion has come and we're leaving those assets to rot  in the Arizona desert.


Worse, that American security guarantee was instrumental in the ending of a thousand year cycle of wars that has driven most of the organized violence in human history.


So yeah.  I ain't happy.

Uhhh_what555476384

What US support?

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/

KernunQc7

Honestly at this point who even cares? Europe has to remilitarise and be able to fight and win a war with Russia, assuming a hostile US that is neutral at best.

That means Europe building thousands of missiles and millions of drones, not fucking around with buying overpriced US equipment that can be turned off in an instant.

[deleted]

It's the Russian invasion of Afghanistan all over again, the US doesn't want Russia to lose it wants them to bleed until they have to give up.

This is because on a global scale the complete collapse of the Russian Federation is an apocalyptic event. You are looking at unsecured wmds being lost into the black hole of factionalism and missing records.

ResidentBackground35

Americans generally love war, so long as we don't have to do the dying.  So we are generally supportive of any amount of weapons shipped to kill putative bad guys.

Edit: Just to be clear, any opposition to sending weapons or support to Ukraine never had any substance, and Trumpists who supposedly took a "principled" position against it have largely switched their position the moment Trump switched his:

https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1956375078045704645

Discount_gentleman

People still support Ukraine government needs Russian victory

im1129

It’s in Europe’s back yard why are we responsible for that war?

Maturemanforu

It isn't our problem. This is a problem caused by NATO continuing to expand its borders, knowing doing so is an irritant to Russia. Europe should be the first ones on deck to help Ukraine because they've been pushing this continued bs even after several warning that a conflict would erupt if Ukraine is added to NATO. 

To be *crystal* clear, I'm not defending Russia's actions. Merely pointing out that Europe has continued poking the proverbial bear and are now crying to Uncle Sam to come save them. We didn't poke it, we shouldn't be dealing with it. We're a sovereign nation like everyone else, we aren't the world's police force. If Europe wants to continue acting like we are though then they can start compensating by paying some taxes for the US effectively being it's standing army.

MadChance1210

The US should stay out of it 100%. Zero support. Slava Amerytsi!

TerryFlapnCheeks69

Not our problem

Ukraine is not a member of NATO we have no obligation to

Stay out of it, if they want to pay us to get involved then maybe.

We should not support the war at all. Is Ukraine part of America? No. Is Russia part of America? No. So we shouldn’t be involved in this war.

BladeHawks

Full support, potentially including troops in defensive positions. We signed a treaty to protect Ukraine and to dishonor it would be an international disgrace

AdOne5089

it is the responsibility of all nations to stop military aggressions in order to stop it from happening again.

douggold11

Funny how you mention if we just should "just stay out of it."

Considering we NEVER should have been involved from day 1 - thanks to Biden we became Ukraines little piggy bank so we became every bit as involved in this war as Ukraine is, at least under biden anyways.. Trump is very likely going to pull out entirely though. That war is literally not our problem nor our concern. Never even was. 

I think we have done our part and supplied them with FAR more than enough money, weapons, utilities, supplies, etc... and it's time we part ways and let *other* countries take over.

Anyone who ever thought there'd be a peace deal is extremely naive lol. Putin doesn't *want* a peace deal. He wants Ukraine and has no plans on stopping until he gets it. He entertained Trump for a peace deal but he never had any plans on agreeing to one lol. Putin wants the Soviet Union back and at his stage in life, has quite literally nothing to lose.

TLDR: We should have never been involved in the first place. EVER. Not our war. At this point the US has done what they could and enough is enough. It's time to 100% pull out and whatever happens, happens. If other countries want to step up then, they can. If not? Then Ukraine is on their own.

Moist_Jockrash

Disclaimer: I don't live in the US. I'm for my country providing Ukraine with everything except troops (although troops may become necessary in the future). As for the US, I wish I could say that it should do the same but unfortunately, MAGA (Moscow Agents Govern America).

zasedok

We should protect Ukraine up to a point, but we shouldn’t spend so much on them that it hurts our own citizens. I think Biden did too much for them, I think Trump doesn’t do enough.

Same_Conclusion5673

There’s no reason the US should be involved. If you want to involve yourself in the Ukrainian fight, they always take volunteer fighters. Unless you’re the type of douche that claims they need help on Reddit but won’t do anything about it. Go over there and fight. No one’s stopping you.

Extra-Cut-1444

Stay out of it entirely. It could have been over in 2 weeks and millions less lives lost.

We should support them

Current president however would probably attack Ukraine on behalf of Russia

Farscape55

The United States had a treaty in place (See Budapest Memorandum) so I support honoring our promises, shocking opinion to many I assume. The United States should have provided more support by working for Diplomatic arrangements which both Biden and Trump have utterly failed in doing. There is no way Ukraine can win against Russia, and either party will allow Ukraine to be grinded to dust. Trump just does it with a more vindictive and corrupt style.

Responsible-Corgi-61

I personally think the days of the US protecting everyone is over. There’s Nato and other ways for other countries to protect themselves

MacktheMachinist

USA should stay out and stop being imperialist.   Stay out and no influence in any way

ZealousidealBeat1656

USA and the other countries that have treaties with Ukraine should have already squashed Russia.

mangaplays87

Weapons, money, sanctions, and intelligence has been the winning strategy.

Biden was a pussy for not giving them a metric fuckton of PATRIOT systems, F-35s, M1 Abrams, and swarms of drones in 2022. 

Russia's economy **cannot** sustain the war for much longer at this intensity. 

If we went balls deep during the invasion, we'd be watching Putin's severed head paraded on a spike through Moscow by now as starving Russians cannibalized each other.

LegitimateFoot3666

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances already exists.  

Maga terrorists aren't honoring it.

Roriborialus

Ukraine is our ally and a strategic one at that. Giving it to Russia and letting Russia amass more power is objectively bad for our country. Trump is a Russian asset and has let Russia accumulate a shit load of power tho so here we are

RepublicansAreEvil85

Dessy36

We should have destroyed anything Russia sent over Ukraine’s border when this began. Using bombers, cruise missiles, and artillery.

Airbus320Driver

Appropriate-Food1757

Robie_John

Money, weapons, intelligence, AND ramping up sanctions on Russia to the absolute max.

TranTriumph

I want the US to provide material support but oppose putting boots on the ground.  NOT EVEN OBSERVERS.  Let European nations send observers and the US can provide aid like with the lend/lease act during WWII

moccasins_hockey_fan

Strange-Risk-9920

I support giving arms and money to Ukraine, to help them withstand the Russian invasion of their country . I don't support sending our troops . The USA has been intervening in conflicts all over the world for years , usually taking the side of the oppressed against their invaders. For some reason (we know why ) the current administration has chosen to cut off aid and support communist Russia instead. I definitely do not support that .

DeadRed402

Who in their right mind would support Russia over Ukraine?

We have supported Ukraine with money. We facilitate weapons purchases (it's a profit center for our Military Industrial Complex). We've never pledged troops.

Most Americans approve of what we have done, for good reason.

The inevitable endgame to Trump being in charge is U.S. troops fighting along side Russian troops to capture as much of Ukraine as possible for Putin.

DougOsborne

Full support: Minus troops (which Ukraine isn't even asking for anyway)

NVJAC

Yeah full support but ixnay on sending troops. We owe it to them.

Exciting_Ad_6358

Wait, first 24 hours the war was going to end. I wonder which 24 hours.  The US screwed the pooch on this one. Fucking empty suits. It’s bad

Gwynntwin2

InnerContext4946

What is the difference between "full support minus troops" and "Just money, weapons &amp; intelligence"? I'm going for one of those depending on the distinction. Leaning to full support side.

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