US pledges support to Ukraine in face of ‘Russian aggression’
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has pledged support to Ukraine to counter “Russian aggression” in the country.
Power met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday to discuss the conflict and pledge more US support for Ukraine.
Power is in Ukraine to help open a UN office that will support the Minsk agreement, meant to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, CNN reports.
"US stands w/you as you fight on two fronts: countering Russian aggression and building an open, responsive govt," the senior diplomat tweeted from Ukraine.
Power told a audience in Kiev that Ukraine faced problems even "before Russia began training, arming, bankrolling, and fighting alongside its separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine, something the Kremlin continues to deny."
The Ukrainian crisis has been a focus of many top-level international discussions this week.
Early in the week, US President Barack Obama pressed leaders of the G7 group industrialized countries to take a harder line against Russia.
Obama accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “wrecking” Russia’s economy “in pursuit of a wrong-headed desire to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire.”
During the two-day summit, the US president told the European allies that sanctions should remain against Russia until the Kremlin fully abides by the peace agreement reached four months ago in Belarus.
He also vowed “additional steps” could be taken to restrain Russia’s “aggressive behavior” in Ukraine.
According to reports, the Obama administration is considering new strategies to prevent Russia from meddling in Europe, in what some officials describe as an “updated version of Cold War-era containment.”
The approach involves boosting militaries of allies and potential partners, expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and increased training exercises.
The West accuses Russia of destabilizing Ukraine by supporting pro-Russian forces in the eastern regions. Moscow denies the accusation.
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