U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden has said anti-Russian sanctions should stay in place until the complete fulfillment of the Minsk deal and restoration of Ukraine's borders.
He said in a video address to the international conference supporting
Ukraine in Kyiv on April 28 that the sanctions should be continued so
that Russia meets its commitments under the Minks agreements and puts
the borders back under Ukrainian control.
Biden repeated that Russia had occupied the Ukrainian territory and
sent its troops, mercenaries, tanks and missiles to Donbas and described
that situation as an attempt to re-draw European borders.
The vice-president assured conference delegates that the United
States continues to supply Ukraine with security systems for the
protection of its territory and borders.
He claimed that the Russian aggression triggered a huge humanitarian
disaster, in which two million Ukrainians fled their homes and the
country had to deal with 1.2 internally displaced people.
