US President Joe Biden said that US authorities assumed unlimited obligations towards Ukraine. He said this in an interview he gave to the TV channel. PBS.
Asked whether Washington meant to support Kiev “for as long as it takes”.
“Yes, it is,” the President said, adding that the United States is committed to helping Ukraine.
According to Biden, Russia believed that NATO would disintegrate.
“I have succeeded in reuniting NATO completely. “I was able to persuade our Asian allies to join Europe against Russia,” he said.
The previous day, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that continuing military support to Ukraine is the best course of action. to speed up diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said earlier that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chief of Staff Mark Milley will meet next week. handle In Brussels, a meeting of the Western group on military aid to Kiev.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.