Nearly two-thirds of Americans want the US to continue sending weapons to Ukraine — even as the Trump administration tries yet again to negotiate an end to the almost four-year-old war, a new poll of national security priorities has found.

The Reagan National Defense Survey , released Thursday, found that 64% of Americans favor sending lethal aid to support Kyiv’s government, up nine percentage points from last year and the highest proportion since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.

Slightly more (65%) support giving Ukraine long-range cruise missiles, such as Tomahawks, to allow strikes deep inside Russian territory — while 68% support selling American-made weapons to European allies, who would then provide them to Ukraine.

Unlike in 2024, a majority of Republicans (59%)

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