Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro KulebaKYIV, Feb 9Military aid supplies to Ukraine from international partners are carried out exclusively for defensive purposes and to deter the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said at a press conference on Wednesday. «You see that aircraft continue to arrive with support for the armed forces with weapons, with military equipment. A number of states are in the process of making decisions on providing such support to the armed forces and the security and defense sector. We are doing all this in order to contain Russia,» Kuleba said. According to him, now Kiev, together with partners, is working hard to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability.» «This applies to the economy, politics, diplomacy, and the armed forces. The basic scenario of our actions is to force Russia to reduce tension, withdraw troops to the borders and the currently occupied territories, and unblock the work of the trilateral contact group,» Kuleba added.
Media: US approves plan to help Americans who leave Ukraine for Poland In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, and Estonia are involved in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. The United States supplies Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missile systems, patrol boats, sniper rifles and counter-battery radar stations, UK — NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers, Turkey — Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. Ukraine and the UK signed a memorandum that provides for the joint design and construction of warships on the territory of the two countries and the construction of two Ukrainian naval bases. Kiev and Western states have recently been constantly claiming that Russia is stepping up «aggressive actions» near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/c8cb76da8ec1bbf505b17afab4d4082f.jpg" />Zakharova called the conditions for de-escalation around Ukraine
