Western experts and Russian officials have warned that continued transfers of weaponry to embattled Ukraine risk a potentially catastrophic escalation in hostilities.
The Biden administration is planning to sell Ukraine armed attack drones as the embattled country continues to defend itself from Russia's nearly 100-day invasion, a move that experts say would risk increasing the chance of war between the United States and Russia.
"Supplying large, long-range drones would be a significant escalation in the types of systems supplied to Ukraine."the administration plans to sell four General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missiles and can fly for 30 hours or more and collect massive amounts of intelligence. The pilotless aircraft—which are a variant of the U.S. Army's Predator drones—can also carry as many as eight Hellfire missiles.
The United States and its NATO allies have already sent tens of billions of military dollars to Ukraine, as well as weapons including
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