Obama weighs up arming Ukraine
US president Barack Obama made clear he was some way from a decision on whether to arm Ukraine in its conflict against Russian-backed rebels, saying yesterday he still hoped for a diplomatic solution.
“The measure by which I make these decisions is: ‘Is it more likely to be effective than not?’,” Obama said at a news conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel, who opposes providing Ukraine with weapons to fight separatists in its east.
