Washington supports efforts by any nation to establish peace in Ukraine, but is against calls for an immediate ceasefire, as this would consolidate Putin's control over the occupied territories.
Ukraine is not going to involve any NATO member country in the war unleashed by Russia, so there will be no membership in the Alliance while this war continues.
U.S. company Global Military Products Inc. received from the U.S. Department of Defense a contract worth $118.3 million for the purchase and delivery of Gepard air defense systems for Ukraine.
Ukrainian Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko and representatives of the Atlantic Council think tank at a meeting on May 31 discussed the support of international partners and the need for the rapid recovery of Ukraine this year.
In Moldova, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis the need to increase sanctions pressure on Russia, bring the aggressor to justice and support Ukraine on its way to the EU and NATO.
The U.S. administration has announced the allocation of a new military aid package to Ukraine, which will include, in particular, missiles for Patriot air defense systems, as well as other weapons.
Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on attempts to completely seize Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, where Ukraine’s defenders repelled 16 enemy attacks throughout the day.
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking at a security forum in Bratislava on Wednesday, called on the West to provide Ukraine with “tangible and credible” security guarantees.