Biden and Democrats insisted that supplying weapons to the Ukrainian regime was to "defend [[democracy]]." The Ukrainian regime came to power in 2014 in a U.S.-backed [[coup]] that included the support of Ukrainian anti-Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary organizations.<ref>https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2018/06/04/how-and-why-the-u-s-government-perpetrated-the-2014-coup-in-ukraine/</ref> India, Brazil, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran and China rejected Biden's sanctions scheme against Russia,<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-snubs-us-on-russia-saying-he-who-tied-the-bell-to-the-tiger-must-take-it-off/articleshow/90316107.cms</ref> which only did more to hurt American consumers than Russia or Putin. | Biden and Democrats insisted that supplying weapons to the Ukrainian regime was to "defend [[democracy]]." The Ukrainian regime came to power in 2014 in a U.S.-backed [[coup]] that included the support of Ukrainian anti-Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary organizations.<ref>https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2018/06/04/how-and-why-the-u-s-government-perpetrated-the-2014-coup-in-ukraine/</ref> India, Brazil, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran and China rejected Biden's sanctions scheme against Russia,<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-snubs-us-on-russia-saying-he-who-tied-the-bell-to-the-tiger-must-take-it-off/articleshow/90316107.cms</ref> which only did more to hurt American consumers than Russia or Putin. |