Ukrinform
August 28, 2014
Ukraine asks for large-scale military aid from EU
KYIV: Ukraine has called on the EU to hold an extraordinary session of the European Council on August 30 to introduce further sanctions against the Ukrainian side and provide large-scale military assistance to Ukraine…
Ukraine’s representative to the European Union Kostiantyn Yeliseyev said this on Thursday, a Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels reported.
“Ukraine and the European Union must stop this war. We call for the holding on August 30 of an extraordinary session of the European Council on Ukraine. Enough concessions and pacification to the aggressor! Solidarity should be absolute and unequivocal. It should be materialized into further definite and substantial sanctions, as well as large-sale military and military-technical assistance to Ukraine to stop the aggressor,” he said.
According to Yeliseyev, now is the time when deeds must be replaced by words.
He recalled that since the beginning of Russian military aggression in February, the European Council had adopted 11 conclusions on Ukraine and that the European Parliament had adopted four resolutions calling on Russia to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
“Was not it enough to understand that words mean nothing to the Kremlin?” Yeliseyev said.
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Interfax-Ukraine
August 27, 2014
Kyiv needs NATO help – Yatseniuk
The Ukrainian government plans to endorse a Ukraine-NATO action program for 2014 at its Wednesday session, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.
“The government will endorse a Ukraine-NATO annual action program today. The president of Ukraine will be present at the NATO summit. NATO is our partner, and we expect our western partners and the alliance to offer practical assistance and to make momentous decisions at the summit on September 4. We need help,” Yatseniuk said at a government meeting on Wednesday.
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