The Polish government proposed to support Ukraine in the form of a "defense loan," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with Polsat News published on Nov. 1.
Speaking about aid for Kyiv, Sikorski said that Ukraine could buy weapons from Polish factories on credit. The loan could be paid after the country's reconstruction, he added.
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⚡️Kamala Harris formally accepts Democratic nomination for president, says she will 'stand strong with Ukraine.'
VP Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Aug. 22 at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago. During her acceptance speech, Harris proclaimed her support for Ukraine, saying she would "stand strong with Ukraine and our NATO allies."
"As Commander-in-chief, I will ensure that America will always have the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world," Harris proclaimed.
"Five days before Russia attacked Ukraine, I met with President Zelensky to warn him about Russia's plan to invade. I helped mobilize a global response, over 50 countries, to defend against Putin's aggression," Harris said.
The U.S. and U.K. have evidence Beijing and Moscow are collaborating on combat equipment for use in Ukraine, as lethal aid is flown from China to Russia, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said on May 22.
Speaking at the London Defense Conference, Shapps said he was declassifying new intelligence to reveal the "quite significant" development and called on the world to "wake up" to the threat it poses.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said when NATO members are faced with the choice between keeping hold of their air defense systems or sending them to Kyiv, they “must choose Ukraine.”
“The reality is that, of course, we have systems available that are big enough to enable us to deliver significantly more to Ukraine when it comes to air defense in general and... that’s exactly what we’re working on,” he added.
⚡️Update: Johnson’s Ukraine aid bill allocates over $60 billion for Ukraine.
The House of Representatives published the content of the aid bill for Ukraine, which allocates over $60 billion in assistance and mandates the delivery of long-range ATACMS missiles after the day of enactment.
"If the President determines that executing the transfer of long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems to the Government of Ukraine pursuant to sub-section (a) would be detrimental to the national security interests of the United States, the President may withhold such transfer," the document adds.
The text further stipulates that no later than 60 days after the bill comes into force, Washington must conclude an agreement with Kyiv on the repayment of "economic assistance provided to Ukraine by the United States... and for related expenses, that are made available under the headings 'Economic Support Fund' and 'Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia' in title 4 IV of this Act."
An advisor to Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential run, refuted claims in the media that the ex-president would push Ukraine to give up some of its territory if reelected, The New York Post reported on April 7.
The Washington Post wrote earlier the same day, citing undisclosed sources, that Trump had privately said he could end Russia's war by pressuring Ukraine to cede Crimea and Donbas to Moscow.
The White House is prepared to send Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) if Congress approves a new funding package, NBC News reported on Feb. 19, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
After months of deliberation, the U.S. delivered ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in October 2023, but they were an older model with a range of 165 kilometers. Newer variations of ATACMS have a maximum range of around 300 kilometers and have so far not been provided to Ukraine.