“The cases of Ukraine and Afghanistan have almost nothing in common. Yet Kyiv should learn an important lesson now: Foreign assistance is not a universal silver bullet in national defense…Afghanistan since 2012 enjoyed the status of a major U.S. non-NATO ally, the goal that Ukraine also pursues passionately. Yet, it did not save Kabul when the time came.” – Illia Ponomarenko, What Afghanistan’s fall means for Ukraine, another US ally at war, Kyiv Post.