Попри оптимістичні заяви зі Стокгольма та Брюсселя про те, що Угорщина нарешті зняла блокаду зі вступу Швеції до НАТО, реальні зміни виявилися не настільки швидкими. Шведському міністру закордонних справ довелося навіть скасувати вже призначену поїздку до Вашингтона, бо Будапешт не поспішає завершувати процедуру.
In the full-scale war with Russia, Ukraine is critically dependent on international aid – without external funding, Ukraine would have had a financial collapse and would have been defeated. It is clear that Ukrainians are sincerely grateful to everyone who provides this aid and helps Ukraine stand against the Russian Federation.
The US has said it is closely watching the situation in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, after pro-Russian officials in the territory appealed to Moscow for “protection”.
Transnistria, which borders war-stricken Ukraine to the east, has maintained autonomy from Moldova for three decades with support from Russia, which has more than a thousand troops stationed there since a brief war in 1992.
In this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim. One side is attacking the core principles of the UN Charter; the other fights to defend them.
We will continue to rally countries around the world to support Ukraine’s freedom and independence and to ensure that Russia’s aggression remains a strategic failure.
Президенту Байдену не вдається домовитися із спікером Джонсоном щодо прискорення допомоги України. Джонсон тягне час.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its third year, the apparent impasse on the battlefield masks decisive shifts. The war’s main front is now political, with Russian President Vladimir Putin betting that divisions and hesitations in the West will hand him the victory he has failed to achieve on the ground.