We should be very aware that it is almost impossible for the European Union or the United States of America, to send military to Ukraine to come to Europe to fight against the Russians. Such a facility would lead the world into a world war.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak assured the British people, on Oct. 1, that there were no current plans to send British troops to Ukraine, even in a limited capacity as trainers. This should reassure the British, as some feared that Great Britain was getting too deeply involved in the Ukraine war.
On the other side of the ocean, U.S. President Joe Biden stressed the importance of providing continued aid to Ukraine after signing into law a Congress-passed funding package lacking such support. The bill avoided a U.S. government shutdown set to take effect at midnight on Oct. 1.
A few pilots who have passed their first English language tests after courses in Texas were heading to Morris Air National Guard Base in Arizona to learn to fly the aircraft, one of the officials said.
If you’re Volodymyr Zelensky right now you’ll take little solace from Joe Biden’s earnest assurances that the US “will not walk away” from Ukraine.
And if you’re Vladimir Putin in Russia you will draw the logical conclusion that Kyiv was just thrown under the bus when funding for Ukraine was left out of a spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Congress was, at the beginning of this month, also facing a mutiny from far-right House members who opposed sending more assistance to Ukraine.
Washington is a Ukrainian lifeline in its defence against Russia’s invasion heading into another long winter. Biden probably saw this coming, so some funding was front-loaded, but the changing mood in the US ahead of 2024 elections is unmistakable.
As a first package of the newly announced aid in a Czechia, Denmark jointly donation of arms to Ukraine, Ukraine will receive around 50 infantry fighting vehicles and tanks, 2,500 pistols, 7,000 rifles, 500 light machine guns, 500 sniper rifles, electronic warfare and surveillance equipment, and an unspecified amount of artillery shells.
The Estonian government has approved a draft law that, if passed by parliament, will allow frozen Russian assets to be transferred to Ukraine, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced on Oct. 12. On the same day the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it is allocating an additional €30.7 million to Ukraine for infrastructure development projects covering municipal reconstruction and urban public transport.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on Oct. 13 declaring Russia a dictatorship and calling on the international community to recognise Vladimir Putin’s presidency as illegitimate after his current term ends in 2024.
Representatives from Georgia‘s ruling party, Georgian Dream, did not vote for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) resolution that declared Russia a dictatorship, RFE/RL’s Caucasian service reported on Oct. 14.
U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said that finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) members had also discussed
“whether Russian sovereign assets could be used to fund Ukraine‘s defense.”
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