US says Putin seeking to 'take advantage' of Israel-Hamas war

US says Putin seeking to 'take advantage' of Israel-Hamas war https://ift.tt/G7qQOdm United States accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of trying to use the Israel-Hamas war to reduce Western support for Ukraine, which it said requires continued backing from Washington to prevent Russian success. "Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us... and that it will result in the United States pulling back its resources" from Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a Senate hearing on supplemental national security funding.