Ukrainian Lawmakers: Without Terror States Iran, Cuba, and North Korea, Russian Invasion Would Have Ended Already

Members of Ukraine’s federal lawmaking body, the Verkhovna Rada, told Congress during a virtual briefing on Thursday that Russia’s ability to persist in invading their country is largely a result of support from U.S.-designated state sponsors of terrorism Iran, Cuba, and North Korea.

The State Department’s official list of state sponsors of terrorism consists of those three states and Syria, although the administration of President Donald Trump is expected to soon drop Syria from the list in the aftermath of the collapse of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship. The Department defines state sponsors as those who have “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.”

Speaking to American lawmakers, Ukrainian lawmaker Maryan Zablotskyy, who chairs the Free Cuba Caucus of the Verkh