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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said President Biden promised his country more weapons from the U.S. for its bid to fight off a Russian invasion.
Asked by Fox News’ Bret Baier if his meetings with Biden Tuesday resulted in a promise of more U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine, Kuleba said, “Yes,” before noting that such guarantees should be moved on quickly given the uncertainties around Russia’s intentions.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
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“The problem is we that we don’t have a clear understanding of Putin’s timeline… how he planned his further actions, neither here in Washington nor back in Kyiv,” Kuleba said. “So the only solution that we have under these circumstances is to act as swiftly as we can.”
Kuleba made clear that the only weapons Ukraine is seeking for the U.S. “are defensive weapons,” noting that the country has never “asked the United States to send troops to Ukraine.”
The comments come as the security situation in Ukraine has continued to deteriorate and hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict dwindle, with the White House canceling a planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that was slated for Thursday. Those talks were supposed to be a precursor for a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Biden, a meeting that is also off as Russian troops spill across the Ukrainian border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Putin signed decrees on Monday recognizing the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine before moving Russian troops across the border in what he called a “peacekeeping” mission, a move that drew immediate international condemnation and sanctions from both the U.S. and European…
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