A lamely named congressional group (cue 30 Rock reference) is demanding Biden okay the MIG deal with Ukraine. The heat on the administration will grow on this one when the Battle of Kyiv starts in earnest.

Swedish MEP @weimers says in Brussels that the West showed weakness in front of Russia when President Biden declined Poland’s offer to transfer its 28 MiG-29 fighters to the Ukraine via the U.S.

He says the only language Russia understands is strength. pic.twitter.com/wP6JKcL7HP

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 14, 2022

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FNC: “A growing and bipartisan group in Congress is pushing President Biden to facilitate the transfer of Poland’s MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine amid Russia’s brutal invasion, despite statements by the U.S. military that such a move would be high-risk, low-reward.

The White House is leaning on that position from the military in its opposition to providing the jets, including that Ukraine does not really need the aircraft. But Biden already ceded to pressure from Congress to take a tougher stance against Russia multiple times since the war started. And dozens more members from both parties Sunday called on the president to help Ukraine get its hands on the Polish fighter jets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is petitioning for.”

“We, the 58 members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, urge continued U.S. commitment to the sovereignty of Ukraine and the freedom of the Ukrainian people in the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion,” the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus (PSC) said Sunday. “We strongly believe that the U.S. must provide additional defense materiel to Ukrainians protecting their nation.”

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“It’s a bipartisan message… Send these MiGs,” Sen. Mitt Romney, R-UT, said, “The question is well, why aren’t they being sent?… Enough talk, people are dying. Send them the planes that they need. They say they need MiGs. People say, ‘Well, maybe that’s not the ideal weapon for them.’ That’s what they say they want. They’re there.”

“There is bipartisan support for providing Ukraine with fighter jets of neighboring countries that they would know how to fly and engage in,” Democrat Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said. “Time is of the essence. The Ukrainians are getting bombarded and they do no have, at least as their country’s leaders suggest and assert, the wherewithal to compete in the sky… I don’t understand why we are not working expeditiously to facilitate planes to Ukraine.” The Pentagon disagrees.

“We believe the most effective way to support the Ukrainian military in their fight against Russia is to provide increased amounts of anti-tank weapons and air defense systems, which is on-going with the international community,” US European Commander General Wolters said in a statement. “USEUCOM assesses the military usefulness of additional fixed wing air to Ukraine will be high-risk and low gain.”