Politico: White House allocates $200M in security assistance to Ukraine
The Biden administration quietly authorized an additional $200 million in security assistance to Ukraine.
13 January 2022
The Biden administration quietly authorized an additional $200 million in security assistance to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez, along with 25 other Democrats, presented a draft Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act 2022, which provides for new sanctions against Russia and additional support for Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly have discussed steps to deter Russia from its further aggression, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a telephone conversation with newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra as part of consolidating international support for Ukraine and deterring Russian aggression.
Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is one of the key principles of European security, therefore NATO calls on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, where they are uninvited and not welcomed.
12 January 2022
NATO has called on Russia to immediately de-escalate the situation around Ukraine, and Allies recalled that any further Russian aggression against Ukraine would have severe cost.
NATO is ready for dialogue with Russia on key issues of arms control and confidence-building measures but it will not compromise on its core principles of protecting allies and each country's right to choose its own path.
Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Stefano Sannino and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at a meeting in Brussels reaffirmed the coordination of efforts to respond to Russia's new aggression against Ukraine.
More than 10,000 servicemen with the motorized infantry units of Russia’s Southern Military District and units of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla’s coastal troops deployed across training grounds in Russia, Armenia, and the occupied regions of Ukraine and Georgia.
Official visit of representatives of the Verkhovna Rada Group on Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Turkey has kicked off.
Negotiations between Russia and the United States can only be successful “in a climate of de-escalation” and Moscow has to take steps to this end.
Ukraine welcomes the intentions of the United States and other NATO allies to reduce tensions around Ukraine through negotiations with Russia and trusts its international partners.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a phone call on January 11 discussed the implementation of a comprehensive package to deter Russia from its further aggression, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.
Canada has steadfastly supported Ukraine in the face of the threat of a possible escalation of Russian aggression.
Ukraine is ready to seek ways of peaceful settlement in the east together with France and Germany in various formats and expects Russia to implement the Paris Summit decisions and organize a new meeting of the Normandy format leaders.
A group of influential Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives has initiated a bill to ensure Ukraine's independence by strengthening its defense (GUARD), which proposes to grant Ukraine NATO Plus status, as well as impose sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Moscow has prepared a plan for the internal destabilization of Ukraine, according to U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Bliknen assured his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba of the United States' readiness to strengthen defense support for Ukraine, as well as to take other resolute steps to deter Russia should the latter resort to another act of aggression against its neighbor.
The United States has agreed with its allies in Europe to prepare a package of "very painful" sanctions against Russia should it launch its further military escalation.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau discussed the security situation in eastern Ukraine and efforts to obtain fair compensation for the families of the victims of the UIA plane downing near Tehran in 2020.
11 January 2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has congratulated Ioannis Kasoulides on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus.
In the event of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 90% of Ukrainian citizens will defend their country, according to Andriy Yermak, head of the President's Office.
If Russia's attack happens, Ukraine will respond clearly, in every single way.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is bracing for the Russian side to spread misinformation about the Geneva talks.
The European Commission is consistent in providing broad support to Ukraine, including in the context of the current escalation of the security situation in connection with Russia's military build-up along Ukraine's borders.
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina Kvien discussed regional challenges with the heads of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regional administrations.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Ukraine recalled of the dangers of propaganda circulated by the Russian Federation.
Over the past month, the U.S. administration has quietly gone through a process of approving and authorizing an additional $200 million in defense support for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said at a meeting with Jens Plotner, foreign and security policy advisor to the German Chancellor, and Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic advisor to the French President, that Ukraine is ready to make the necessary decisions at a new Normandy Four summit in an attempt to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the President's Office has said.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that during the latest talks in Geneva, the Russian delegation assured there were no plans in the works to invade Ukraine, while the movement of troops was only about the exercises.