Ukraine in the United States is supported by Democrats, Republicans, the White House, the Senate, and the administration of the current President Joe Biden, and the administration of the previous head of state, Donald Trump, said former US Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volcker.
Regardless of how relations between Russia and the United States develop, Washington will continue to support Ukraine, Kurt Volcker, a former US State Department special envoy for Ukraine, is convinced. He expressed this opinion in an interview. NV, a fragment of which was published on March 21.
According to Volcker, Ukraine in the United States is supported by “both Democrats and Republicans, the White House and the Senate, the current administration and the previous administration.”
“Inside the country, we really have a confrontation and political struggle between parties, and, unfortunately, Ukraine suddenly became a part of this process. The word“ Ukraine ”is now also used in the domestic political context, not only in the foreign policy context. But the fact remains: the United States is also strongly support Ukraine and its sovereignty, “the diplomat said.
He recalled that the administration of the previous US President Donald Trump increased sanctions against the Russian Federation, provided Ukraine with lethal weapons, and also expelled representatives of the Russian special services from the United States.
“I think the current presidential administration will move in the same direction. They will continue to impose sanctions against Russia and support Ukraine, in every possible way to reflect Russian disinformation and propaganda. We are already seeing new sanctions imposed by the Biden administration against Russia due to poisoning. [российского оппозиционера Алексея] Navalny, “he said.
But at the same time, according to Volcker, “hard times” await everyone.
“Today we are seeing an increase in military aggression in Donbas and we see that Russia is trying to create a high level of tension there, but US support will remain serious,” Volcker added.
Biden took office as president USA January 20. Biden has never spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his inauguration, but has repeatedly expressed his support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including in conversation with Putin, at the Munich conference and on the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea… ABOUT preparing a telephone conversation between Biden and Zelensky on February 23, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reported.
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