The United States has asked Russia to choose a peaceful path in Ukraine, while Moscow has welcomed any attempt to resolve the crisis, while the United States has revealed additional funding in support of Ukraine’s security, and Britain has offered thousands of mild protests. Tank missiles to Kiev, and Germany responded strongly to the request of the Ukrainian ambassador to supply arms to his country.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to choose a “peaceful path” in Ukraine, reaffirming his country’s support during his visit to Kiev.
Blinken, who is on a one-day visit to Ukraine ahead of talks with European allies in Berlin and his Russian allies in Geneva on Friday, urged Putin to allay fears of a possible invasion of Kiev. “We know that this force (Russian forces on the border with Ukraine) is planned to increase further in the short term, and this will enable President Putin to take more aggressive action against Ukraine in the short term,” he said. Kiev said during the visit. “I am very confident that we can keep the diplomatic and peaceful path (situation), but in the end, President Putin will make the decision,” he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky, for his part, thanked the United States for its support during the “difficult times” when he received Blingen. “I want to thank you for your military support and assistance to Ukraine, and especially for increasing this assistance (…) during this difficult period,” Zhelensky wrote in a letter to Blinken.
“Last month the Biden administration approved the allocation of $ 200 million in additional security and security assistance to our Ukrainian partners,” a senior U.S. official confirmed. “As we have said before, we are committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” he added.
British Deputy Secretary of Defense James Hebe said on Wednesday that Ukraine had been supplied with several thousand light anti-tank missiles.
A spokesman for the German Defense Ministry said that the policy of his country’s government had not changed and that no deadly weapons would be provided to Ukraine. “I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the last 48 hours, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholes and Secretary of State Annalina Birbak have made clear our position that Ukraine will not be provided with dangerous weapons,” he added. This was done in the past and in the previous government and will continue in this government. ” “There is no plan to provide military support to Ukraine,” the spokesman said.
“Germany does not want to refuse to supply us with weapons,” said Andrei Melnik, the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin. The ambassador stressed that his country wants to get warships and modern air defense systems from Germany.
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