Ukrainian servicemen unload a cargo of Javelin anti-tank missiles delivered as part of the US military support package for Ukraine at Boryspil International Airport. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 2The United States is providing more than $1 billion in direct assistance to Ukraine and intends to continue it, US President Joe Biden said.
"We are providing over $1 billion to Ukraine direct assistance. And we will continue to provide assistance to the Ukrainian people who are defending their country", he said in an address to Congress.
Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all those responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. does not threaten. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>«Biden and NATO destroyed». How the world reacted to Russia's actions