biden responds to zelensky’s “victory plan”: to end the war, two major factors are crucial
2024-09-28
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reference news network reported on september 27according to a report by the ukrainian independent news agency on september 26, us president biden emphasized that russia will not gain the upper hand in the war. he announced $2.4 billion in new aid to ukraine and told ukrainian president zelensky that two factors are crucial to ending the war started by russia.
biden raised these two key factors during his meeting with zelensky at the white house. "first of all, we must now consolidate ukraine's position on the battlefield." it is for this reason that he was pleased to announce a new round of $2.4 billion in security assistance to ukraine and ordered the pentagon to that is, before the end of his presidential term, all remaining approved aid funds to ukraine will be distributed. biden believes this will improve ukraine's position in future negotiations.
he pointed out: "second, we must look to the future to help ukraine achieve long-term success." he recalled the nato summit held in washington, which proposed the need to support ukraine's path to joining nato and the european union, and supported kyiv's continued reforms to combat corruption. , strengthen democracy.
according to the report, biden also mentioned that it should ensure that ukraine has sufficient strength to "be able to repel russia's future aggression." biden emphasized that the two major factors he mentioned are crucial to ending the war, "russia will not gain the upper hand in the war. russia will not win. ukraine will win, and every step of the way, we will continue to stand by you."
zelensky said that it is very important that "we hold the same view. for the sake of security, ukraine's future is to join the eu and nato." he said that ukraine is implementing unprecedented reforms to this end.
zelensky revealed that he informed biden of the "victory plan" during his meeting. he added that teams from both countries will work hard to ensure that follow-up measures are implemented.
the wall street journal quoted u.s. officials as saying that the united states was not satisfied with zelensky’s “victory plan.” the biden administration is concerned that the plan does not have a comprehensive strategy and is "little more than an overpackaged petition" asking for more weapons and lifting restrictions on the use of long-range missiles.
according to a tass news agency report on september 26, biden and zelensky discussed the diplomatic, economic and military content of kyiv’s “plan” to end the conflict.
the white house wrote in a statement: "president biden said he has decided to increase u.s. military assistance to ukraine, and president zelensky introduced his plan to defeat russia. the two leaders discussed aspects of zelensky's plan. diplomatic, economic and military content, and ordered aides to conduct high-frequency consultations on follow-up measures.”
the statement stated: "president biden will host a leadership-level meeting of the ukraine defense liaison organization in germany on october 12, 2024. the leaders of the united states and ukraine will evaluate the consultation process and coordinate with foreign partners on the course of continued assistance to ukraine. . president biden intends to provide ukraine with the support it needs to win.” (compiled by tong shiqun)
