Politico reports:

At least three European allies are waiting for the U.S. State Department to approve their requests to send U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, as fears grow of a multi-front invasion by Russian forces and the Biden administration prepares to ship a new batch of weapons to Kyiv.

Baltic NATO allies Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are looking to transfer American-made lethal weapons such as anti-armor and ground-to-air missiles to Ukraine, according to officials from those countries and people familiar with the discussions. But U.S. export control regulations require these countries to obtain approval from the State Department before passing along the weapons.

That process can take months and is currently winding its way through the bureaucracy in Washington despite statements from Biden administration officials that a Russian incursion could be days away.

“We’re now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Tuesday, using some of the most pessimistic language by the White House to date. [Continue reading…]