US Treasury Secretary Jacob Liu reminded the Ukrainian government of the possibility of "undermining international financial support" for Ukraine if the country does not fulfill its obligations to the International Monetary Fund. The head of the US Treasury said this in a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ...
The advanced radar systems that the United States will supply to Ukraine to counter artillery strikes by pro-Russian separatists have been modified to prevent them from reaching Russian soil. The Wall Street Journal reported. Referring to anonymous American officials, the newspaper writes that the president ...
Washington may revise its plans to support Ukraine if the country's authorities do not take steps to root out corruption. In this regard, US Vice President Joe Biden conveyed a "tough warning" to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister of the country Arseniy Yatsenyuk, his adviser said ...
According to US Army General David Petraeus, Washington may transfer short- and medium-range weapons to Ukraine. He announced this on Saturday at the YES summit. “I understand how difficult it is for the Ukrainian army, while Russia provides weapons to the separatists. We…
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland. The interlocutors emphasized the need for further coordination of efforts to ensure international support for Ukraine in the face of aggression from Russia. Victoria Nuland noted that the USA ...
Washington feared that Ukraine's outbreak of hostilities in Crimea could serve as the basis for a full-scale military intervention by Russia. In 2014, the US authorities advised Kiev to refrain from military action in Crimea. This was reported by international journalists Josh Rogin ...
US Deputy Secretary of State William Brownfield said that Ukraine has asked the United States to help create a SWAT-based unit. “The government of Ukraine invited us to help in the work to create a specialized police unit based on SWAT,”...
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke in favor of starting negotiations between Moscow and Washington with the aim of ending the armed conflict in Ukraine. “Russia and the United States must sit down at the negotiating table and end this war,” Lukashenko said in an interview with non-state media on Tuesday.…
Bloomberg publishes an article about the unspoken agreements between Putin and Obama in Ukraine. US officials, as Bloomberg recalls, rarely visit foreign parliaments to convince MPs to vote in one way or another. However, last week, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria ...
The US Senate on Thursday adopted a draft military budget for the 2016 fiscal year, providing for assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 300 million. The document allows the Pentagon and the State Department to send military equipment and weapons to Kiev, including small arms, as well as grenade launchers. ...