The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, has moved the “concern” with which the White House sees the fact that Russia may “repeat” an invasion into Ukraine, as it did in 2014 with the Crimean peninsula.
“We are not clear about Moscow’s intentions, but we know its playbook … Our concern is that Russia may commit the serious mistake of trying to repeat what he undertook in 2014, when he accumulated forces along the border, he crossed the sovereign territory of Ukraine and did so falsely alleging, what was caused“said Blinken in the framework of a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dimitro Kuleba, says the Department.
The invasion of the territory located in the Black Sea by Russia was criticized by a large majority of the international community, and even led to the expulsion of Moscow from the G8, in addition to a series of sanctions, the US newspaper ‘The Hill’ collects.
Blinken has remarked that the Administration of President Joe Biden has allocated more than 409,000 million dollars –more than 356,000 million euros– in aid to Ukraine and that Congress has accepted the request for another nearly $ 400 million – about € 350 million – for the next fiscal year.
“We will work with Congress, making sure to continue providing the security assistance Ukraine needs, including lethal defensive weapons to defend against any Russian aggression “, has transferred Blinken.
For his part, Kuleba has expressed that grateful for Washington’s commitment to Kiev against the possible aggressions of Russia and as well as the news of continuing with the cooperation in defense and security.
“The best way to deter an aggressive Russia is make it clear to the Kremlin that Ukraine is strong, but also that she has strong allies who will not leave her alone in the face of Moscow’s growing aggressiveness, “Kuleba has settled.
Sullivan’s meeting and criticism from the embassy
On the other hand, the White House has reported that the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has held a meeting this wednesday with him head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak and with Kuleba himself.
“They have discussed the progress made on the bilateral priorities identified by President Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenski in their joint statement on September 1. Both sides welcomed the relaunch of the bilateral Strategic Partnership Commission on November 10, as well as ongoing cooperation on energy security, governance reform and the fight against corruption, “said the US government.
Sullivan, like Blinken, has placed particular emphasis on America’s “unwavering” commitment to “sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”, and welcomed the commitment of Ukrainian officials to the resolution of the conflict in Donbas.
Before these meetings, the Russian Embassy in Washington has criticized the Biden Administration for not dissuading Ukraine on the warmongering position in Donbas.
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In this sense, the ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, has regretted that the White House plans to provide arms to Kiev “will only do aggravate the situation in southeastern Ukraine “.
“We think that another opportunity to force Kiev to stop the war“, has settled Antónov in a statement released on his social networks.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com