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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine will channel the $150 million approved by the US as the second part of its security assistance package into securing the country s borders.
View of Russian military aircraft at Saki Airbase, Crimea, April 16, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
The United States has not only been more frequently interacting with Ukraine since President Joe Biden assumed office in January but has also stressed that it strongly supports Ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity. And while the US condemned Russia s invasion of the Crimea Peninsula and role in the Donbass region, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Ukraine Security Partnership Act on April 22 to increase the annual military aid to Ukraine to $300 million, including lethal weapons, in a bid to contain Russia.
The US plans to arm Ukraine to intensify the Russia-Ukraine conflict and thereby curb Russia s development; use the Russia threat theory to further sour relations between Russia and the European Union; portray Russia as an enemy so it can strengthen the US-Europe alliance; and trigger a confrontation between Old Europe and New Europe , hindering the EU
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