On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy additionally signed a bilateral safety settlement. With this settlement, the US commits to persevering with to help Ukraine militarily and financially for the subsequent 10 years. The settlement consists of arms and monetary help for Ukraine, however not the deployment of US troops.
The settlement is corresponding to a sequence of safety agreements that Ukraine has beforehand concluded with different international locations. The US is the sixteenth nation to conclude such an settlement. Beforehand, Germany, France, Spain and Belgium, amongst others, did this.
Ukraine is glad with the settlement. “This can be a historic day,” Zelenskiy mentioned throughout a information convention with Biden. He spoke of “the strongest settlement” between Ukraine and the US since independence (in 1991). He additionally thanked Biden for his “management” within the G7’s resolution to guess the income on Russian cash.
Biden emphasised that Ukraine will need to have the power to defend itself in opposition to Russia. The settlement can also be a sign of willpower in the direction of Vladimir Putin.
/img-s3.ilcdn.fi/76f34039446b44bf184b077e75aaa62655df2f1d5d4c285167502675fc9bca15.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)