Biden promised to protect Ukraine from Russia

“We are convinced that we must achieve peace that will be respected. However, we are also convinced that Ukrainians have the right to defend themselves. ”US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States wants a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, however, he said, the United States will help Kiev defend itself against Russia if necessary. .

In his Saturday speech at the international security conference in Munich, Biden said that Vladimir Putin had repeatedly promised to work for peace, but instead continued to supply “tanks, military and weapons” to the conflict zone.

According to Biden, the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with “security assistance”, but not to encourage military action, but for self-defense.

“We are convinced that we must achieve a world that will be respected. However, we also believe that Ukrainians have the right to defend themselves,” Biden said.​

A few minutes before Joe Biden’s speech at the conference, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko spoke. During his speech, Poroshenko held several Russian passports in his hands, stating that they belong to Russian soldiers who were detained on the territory of Ukraine at a distance of many kilometers from the Russian border. According to Poroshenko, since April last year, the conflict has killed more than 5600 civilians.

According to the press service of the Ukrainian head of state, US Vice President Joe Biden, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during the meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference agreed on further actions and stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.

"The interlocutors discussed the development of the negotiation process on the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Ukrainian Donbass in the context of the latest joint proposals for the implementation of the Minsk agreements developed at the meeting between President Poroshenko and Chancellor Merkel and French President Hollande during their talks in Kiev," the statement reads.

Source - Voice of America