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The Biden administration is expected to announce additional security aid for Ukraine shortly, the administration officials said on Wednesday, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
″We have committed more than $13 billion in security assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces, and we will continue to do that,” National Security Council's John Kirby said on a conference call with reporters. “There will be announcements of future security assistance in the coming days,” he added.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. in her turn, said that the U.S. will "continue to meet both the urgent and the long-term needs" of Ukrainian people.
"You have seen consistent support for Ukraine. We have always said we have been incredibly impressed by their bravery and what they've been able to do to fight for their freedom, to fight for their democracy, and that's important for folks to know," she said during her daily press conference.
According to her, U.S. assistance to Ukraine has been a bipartisan effort, and "all because of an unprovoked, brutal war that was started by the Kremlin."
"So, you're going to continue to see those efforts. And we are in daily conversation with the Ukrainian government on what else their needs might be," she concluded.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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On January 14, the European Court of Human Rights announced a new ruling on cases from Azerbaijan related to violations of citizens' property rights. In particular, a verdict was issued in the case "Ismail Bagvanov and Others v. Azerbaijan." This case involved complaints from 14 individuals who alleged that their homes were demolished during the construction of the so-called "Winter Park" in Baku. The applicants claimed violations of their property rights and their right to a fair trial.
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday in a farewell foreign policy address mocked Russia's Vladimir Putin over the progress of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “When Putin invaded, he thought he’d conquer Kyiv in a matter of days. The truth is, since that war began I’m the only one that stood in the center of Kyiv, not him,” Biden said at the State Department. TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States was deeply disappointed in the recent judgement against Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. We continue to urge Azerbaijan to adhere to its international obligations and commitments and to release those unjustly detained.
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Baku Court for Serious Crimes on 14 January completed the trial of Afiaddin Mammadov, head of the alternative trade union confederation ‘Workers’ Platform’. The court sentenced him to 8 years of imprisonment.
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