WASHINGTON, Mar 5 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said he had had meaningful talks with the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on strengthening the country's defense capability, arms supplies, sanctions and Russia's international isolation. They met on Saturday at the Polish-Ukrainian border. : «Stingers» supplied by the West to Ukraine can get to terrorists «The parties discussed the urgent strengthening of Ukraine's defense capabilities, in particular, in protecting the sky from Russian aviation and missiles … Dmitry Kuleba and Anthony Blinken agreed on further steps to strengthen Ukraine's defense against barbaric actions Russia in the air,» the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Telegram channel said in a statement. Blinken, in turn, said that pressure on Russia would not only continue, but also increase until hostilities ceased. «What As for the pressure on Russia, it is not only unprecedented, not only gives very, very concrete results in Russia, but this pressure will also not only continue, it will grow … «Blinken said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday, February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of 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 war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, the United States, the EU countries and a number of other states imposed new tough sanctions against Russia and a number of large banks and companies.
