Liam Conner
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold a joint press conference in Italy on Thursday, the same day the two leaders are expected to sign a long-term security agreement.
The agreement fulfills last year’s promise to solidify Ukrainian security and is intended to be a bridge to an eventual invitation for Ukraine to join NATO. The president’s press conference with Zelenskyy follows a day of meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and leaders of other G7 nations with advanced industrialized economies. The G7 countries are the USA, Italy, Canada, Germany, France, Canada and the United Kingdom.
“By signing this, we will also send Russia a signal of our resolve,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday. “If Vladimir Putin thinks he can survive the coalition supporting Ukraine, he is wrong.”
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When Biden was leaving the US for Italy, the Treasury and Commerce departments announced a new round of sanctions against Russia and its “war machine”. The latest sanctions aim to slow Russia’s military buildup as it continues its war in Ukraine. The sanctions will make it more difficult for Russia to import supplies to build military equipment, although they will still allow food and goods into Russia outside of those sectors.
More than a dozen other nations have similar security arrangements with Ukraine.
The Biden administration is now allowing Ukraine using U.S. weapons across the border with Russia near the city of Kharkiv, a policy shift that Sullivan said came as Russia opened a new front in its war.
“We believe our position here is straightforward and common sense,” Sullivan said. “The Russians are launching attacks from one side of the border directly to the other side of the border. And Ukraine should be able to return fire across that border.”
Biden and Zelenskyy also met last week on the sidelines of D-Day memorial events in France. Biden later publicly apologized to Zelenskyy for the months-long delay in military assistance that allowed Russia to make gains in its war.
“You didn’t bow. You didn’t give in at all.” Biden told Zelenskyy in France. “You continue to fight in a way that is simply remarkable, simply remarkable. We will not turn away from you.”
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