U.S., Ukraine unite against Russia

President Biden connected Wednesday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the archetypal time, discussing expanding information ties betwixt the 2 nations.  

The gathering comes arsenic the Biden medication seeks to reassure U.S. allies aft a chaotic extremity to the warfare successful Afghanistan.

Ahead of the gathering the White House announced a caller $60 cardinal subject assistance bundle for Ukraine, aimed astatine countering Russia amid its concern of Crimea. A White House authoritative besides said the U.S. volition supply pathways for vigor incentives, seeking to offset losses related to the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline that volition present earthy state to Germany via the Baltic Sea—bypassing Ukrainian-controlled state lines.

The Russian pipeline is thing Ukrainian officials person pitched arsenic a large vigor and information threat. And it’s possibly 1 of the galore reasons wherefore the state is seeking to articulation NATO.  

The Biden medication has expressed the request for interior reforms successful Ukraine up of immoderate authoritative NATO bid. Tensions with Russia are besides a large factor. Despite this, Andrew Lohsen, a Center for Strategic and International Studies fellow, says the state has positioned itself arsenic the obstruction betwixt Russian aggression and U.S. allies successful Western Europe.  

This communicative was primitively reported by Willie James Inman connected Newsy.com