The United States has pledged support for Ukraine to help defend its independence against the aggressive attacks by Russia.
The support was announced by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, today stating that it will strengthen Ukraine’s resistance to Russia. He added that US stands with Ukraine.
Ukraine and Russia War have been ongoing for over 430 days and both countries have witnessed casualties in high magnitude. As at March 2023, over 8million Ukrainians are said to have been displaced while others had fled the country.
US said the support to Ukraine is for the country to defend its territory against aggression.
Secretary Blinken said “Today, the United States announced critical new support for Ukraine as it continues to bravely defend its people, its territorial integrity, and its independence against Russia’s aggression.”
“We stand #UnitedWithUkraine.”
Meanwhile, during the week, there were reports that Ukraine flew drones towards Kremlin, in an attempt to assassinate Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin.
Although, Putin was not at the building at the time of the attack, Ukraine denied any involvement in the assasination plan.
February 20, 2023, President Joe Biden paid a physical visit to Kyiv on a diplomatic mission where he assured Zelenskyy of sustaining US support in terms of finances and military supplies.
In a bid to help Ukraine carry out its counteroffensive plan, the US announced a security assistance package of $300 million.
The White House cleared that the security assistance will help Kyiv’s fulfil its request.
Later on, an unbudgeted expenditure of 12 billion euros ($13.01 billion) was approved fot military support to Ukraine by the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag.
…Sanctions For Russia
In March 2023, the International Court of Justice (ICC) issued a warrant of arrest for Putin while investigating cases of genocide and human rights violation.
Several other countries imposed sanctions on Russia with over 1,000 companies leaving the country in the heat of the invasion.