SEOUL, South Korea–Former Vice President and Indiana Governor Mike Pence believes the United States should be “redoubling our effort to give President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian military everything they need to do defend themselves.”
Pence made those comments to “Fox and Friends” Friday morning while he was in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than a month.
“We need to meet this moment with American strength. I am glad that President Biden increased sanctions. The administration was slow on that. We need to give them the arms. We need to put pressure on Russia with economic terms more every day,” said Pence.
He said the United States needs to provide anti-aircraft systems to help Ukraine win.
“The Biden administration should transfer those MiG [fighter jets] out of Poland to Ukraine, do it immediately. They’ve got pilots in Ukraine that know how to fly them. But just as important, we need to continue to provide the kind of ground-based anti-aircraft systems that can take out Russian aircraft that are doing the high stratosphere bombing,” said Pence.
The U.S. has reached a deal to help provide Europe with at least 15 billion more cubic meters of liquefied natural gas this year. President Biden made that announcement Friday morning. The gas would help Europe reduce some of its dependence on Russia.
On Thursday, Biden said food shortages are “gonna be real.” Pence said food shortages can be avoided by giving Ukraine “the ability to win.”
