US officials describe the stakes of ensuring Russia doesn't win in Ukraine as so high that they are willing to countenance even a global recession & mounting hunger.

NEW: Even if Western arms don't change the battlefield equation, US officials describe the stakes of ensuring Russia doesn't win in Ukraine as so high that they are willing to countenance even a global recession & mounting hunger. From @danlamothe & me https://t.co/HeOdarWHOB

— Missy Ryan (@missy_ryan) June 17, 2022

What makes Ukraine this valuable? 

They are willing to kill let hundreds of thousands of people outside the warzone die from hunger/starvation/war/destabilized nations/rampant crime & destroy the economic future of millions for Ukraine? 

MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE!!!!