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KYIV, 20 February (Reuters) – USA President Joe Biden 500 million to Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, nearly a year since the Russian invasion dollars worth new military promised help.
Biden also this week Russia said that additional sanctions will be announced against the elite and companies trying to avoid sanctions.
Military aid packageUkraine the people weather artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems and weather will include surveillance radars.
“of Ukraine the costs he has to pay are extraordinarily high. Sacrifices have been great”, – Biden the president Vladimir Zelensky told reporters in Kiev where he was negotiating with.
biden, of Ukraine Russia he does not appear to have mentioned the fighter jets he is seeking from his Western allies to help push his forces back.
80-year-old Biden Zelensky while passing through the center of Kyiv weather attack sirens sounded, but no Russian missile or airstrikes were reported.
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To Kiev for the first time since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine trip As long as it takes Biden Washington, who of Ukraine said that he will be with him.
Biden said his visit was intended to “reaffirm our unwavering and unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
The United States is the largest yet to help Ukraine repel the better-equipped Russian invaders military was an aid supplier.
“USA President’s first visit to Ukraine in fifteen years Ukraine–USA It is the most important visit in the entire history of their relationship,” he said Zelensky said.
Zelensky’s headquarters chief It posted photos of Biden in sunglasses walking side by side with Zelensky in his trademark military uniform.
Kyiv Russia is gearing up for a possible new major offensive, which some military analysts say is already underway in the east.
In his speech, Biden praised Ukraine’s courage during the war and added: “I knew I would come back.”
Air raid sirens wailed as Zelensky and Biden were at the Golden-Domed St. Michael’s Church in central Kiev, the square where the burned-out Russian tanks were stationed.
Biden’s visit comes amid protests against the government that toppled a Moscow-backed president in Ukraine in 2014 10It fell on the day that more than 0 people – now known as the Heavenly Hundred – celebrated their deaths.
Several main roads in central Kyiv were closed to traffic on Monday morning. Drivers were stuck in traffic as crowds of pedestrians peered at the barricades to see who was coming to the capital.
Written by Tom Balmforth; Edited by Timothy Heritage
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2023-02-20 16:12:40
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