Britain’s top diplomat to meet US counterpart to discuss Ukraine
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington to press lawmakers in Congress to pass a much-needed aid package for Ukraine.
“Success for Ukraine and failure for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin are vital for American and European security,” Cameron said in a statement.
He added that it was important to show Putin that “aggression doesn’t pay”.
“The alternative would only encourage Putin in further attempts to re-draw European borders by force, and would be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea,” Cameron said.
Cameron will also stress the importance of increasing economic pressure on Russia and giving Ukraine “the military and humanitarian support it needs to hold the line this year and go on the offensive in 2025”.
“Success for Ukraine and failure for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin are vital for American and European security,” Cameron said in a statement.
He added that it was important to show Putin that “aggression doesn’t pay”.
“The alternative would only encourage Putin in further attempts to re-draw European borders by force, and would be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea,” Cameron said.
Cameron will also stress the importance of increasing economic pressure on Russia and giving Ukraine “the military and humanitarian support it needs to hold the line this year and go on the offensive in 2025”.
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Kyiv’s allies are failing to provide air defense systems: Borrell
EU Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says it is “inconceivable that we are not able to provide them given that the Western armies have about 100 batteries of Patriot”.
- “And still, we are not able to provide the seven they are asking [for] desperately,” Borrell said, adding that he would press EU ministers again when they meet in Luxembourg later this month.
“We have to fulfil our moral and political obligation towards Ukraine,” Borrell said. “The situation is extremely difficult. The Russian military machine is running at full speed.”
Borrell’s warning was part of a call for the bloc to step up its defence efforts in the face of greater “The possibility of a high-intensity conventional war in Europe is no longer a fantasy,” he told a conference in Brussels.
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