U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said on March 8 during a trip to Kyiv that he was there to “raise the alarm for the democratic world” and urge Ukraine’s Western allies to increase their support. Shapps met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov the previous day. As the impasse on U.S. aid for Ukraine drags on, the delay in military support has begun to impact the situation on the battlefield. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on March 7 that the ongoing deadlock is “nothing short of a gift to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin” and other American adver…