When asked by a journalist whether the United States would promise that Kyiv would never fall into Russian hands, Blinken said: “I am convinced we already have.”
by Kyiv Post | April 3, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with French foreign minister after their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Benoit Tessier / POOL / AFP)
Russia will never be able to conquer Ukraine, including Kyiv, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said during an interview with Darius Rochebin of the French news channel LCI/TF1 on Tuesday April 2.
Asked by the journalist whether the United States could promise that Kyiv would never fall into Russian hands, Blinken said: “I am convinced we already have. In other words, it is not happening, it’s never going to happen”.
According to him, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the US anticipated the possibility of Kyiv’s fall, but is now confident that this will not happen.
“But thanks to the incredible resistance of the Ukrainian people, and thanks also to the support given to Ukraine by the United States, France and other countries, Putin’s desire to conquer the whole country, to wipe it off the map, to make it part of a greater Russia, has not materialized and it won’t,” he said.
The journalist asked Blinken whether concerns about the possible use of nuclear weapons by was a reason for President Biden’s apparent caution.
Blinken replied that Biden has been convinced of two things since the beginning of the war in Ukraine: they should do everything possible to support Ukraine and everything to avoid war with Russia.
“We’re doing everything, of course, to avoid this possibility and to avoid a war, a bigger war.”
“But at the same time, we absolutely must support Ukraine, because the Russian aggression continues to this day, it continues to do appalling damage within Ukraine, and it continues to present a danger not only to Ukraine, but to Europe as well,” Blinken added.
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Comment from :
LOBO
Making the claim that Ukraine will never fall into Russian hands while NOT providing Ukraine with the means to prevent that from happening is simply pure BULLSHIT. As an American I am really upset that much more in the way of needed war materials has not be provided to Ukraine. This should have been done over a year ago and if that would have happened by now Russia would be pushed back. There has been nothing but foot dragging by my government as they have not provided long range weapons that are needed and make conditions on use of the weapons that have been provided, refusing to allow their use in side of Russia it’s self. That is no way to fight a war when one country can bomb the other but that other country can not do the same. I do support President Biden because the other choice is Fascist Trump and the end of democracy in the USA. Currently MAGA republicans in the House in congress are doing their best to deny needed support to Ukraine as they do the bidding of Putin, a fellow Fascist. These slime balls are Americans in name only. They hold no traditional American values and are beholden to the Fascist Trump Evangelical cult. We have a real fight on our hand here to push back against these Fascist phony Americans and hopefully soon a way is found to give Ukraine what they need.
@Lobo, Good to hear there are people in my Southern neighbor that see what’s developing within their government and its potential gross impact on the world. However, I do believe at the end of the day,, the American people will make the right choice for democracy! If not it will be the modern day fall of Rome! In the meanwhile, people will continue to die in Ukraine and the Axis of Evils will gain steam!
@Lobo, Well said. I probably would have typed a similar post had you did not beat me to it.
Of course my post would have been more long winded and meandering; as seems to be my aging habit. LOL. Thanks to all who humour this personal quirk.
At any rate well done Lobo!
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NATO ministers discuss ‘Trump-proof’ $100 BILLION military fund for Ukraine that will guarantee US support even if Donald Trump returns to the White House
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‘Having No Choice’ Kyiv Willing to Accept $60B US Aid in Any Form, Even as a Loan:
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by Viktoriia Stepanenko | April 3, 2024
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30531
Blinken is talking nonsense. We have to stop these jokes. All experts are clear that if American support ceases, it will be the death of Ukraine in the medium/short term. There is no other survival tool.
This strategy that “Russia and Ukraine must not lose” is absurd and drives us all into a wall. We cannot refuse this war, because it is already open against us.
We must support Ukraine at all costs.
If Kyiv survives as the capital of a free and democratic country, it will be despite the US, not because of them. Blinken can take his grandstanding words and shove them where the sun doesn’t shine. It all depends on us Europeans now if we can ruin Putin’s evil plans (and Russia, too, to unpower that crazy nation) and restore safety and stability in our continent. And we don’t need any politically crippled Biden government talking heads to tell us what to do. 😠