"Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the Ukrainian domestic political situation, access for international investigators to the MH-17 crash site, and Russia’s continued supply of arms and supplies to the separatists.
President Poroshenko underscored that despite the dissolution of the governing coalition in Ukraine’s parliament, the government would continue its work to address critical economic reforms.
President Poroshenko updated the Vice President on his conversations with the leaders of the Netherlands, Australia, and Malaysia regarding access to the MH-17 crash site and his efforts to facilitate the conclusion of a rapid international investigation into the tragedy.
President Poroshenko also informed the Vice President that Russia continued to supply heavy weapons and equipment to the separatists, and that Ukrainian troops were increasingly coming under direct fire from positions on the Russian side of the border.
The Vice President informed Poroshenko that the United States would continue to coordinate with the European Union and the G-7 about imposing further costs on Russia for its deeply destabilizing and irresponsible actions in Ukraine."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/25/readout-vice-presidents-call-ukrainian-president-petro-poroshenko
25/7/14
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Related:
Russia says Washington disseminating "unfounded" accusation over Ukraine (to influence international opinion)
Russia says up to 40 mortar shells hit Russian territory on Friday (Moscow warned earlier this month of "irreversible" consequences)
Australia to send 100 extra police, troops to Ukraine (some of whom will be armed). (PM Tony Abbott)
U.S. State Department accuses Russia of firing artillery into Ukraine, refuses to provide any evidence (VIDEO RT)
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The White House said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "culpable" in the downing of a Malaysian plane over a the war zone in Ukraine and reiterated it was working with the European Union and G7 to impose further sanctions on Moscow....
ReplyDeleteWhite House spokesman Josh Earnest made some of his strongest comments since the plane was shot down, tying the incident to Russia, which the United States has criticized for providing arms to Ukrainian separatists.
"What we also know is that the Malaysia Airlines jet was brought down by a missile that was fired from the ground. It was fired from the ground in an area that was controlled by separatists, and in an area where the Ukrainians themselves were not actually operating anti-aircraft weapons at that time," Earnest told reporters at the White House.
"So that is why we have concluded that Vladimir Putin and the Russians are culpable to this tragedy," he said.
Vice President Joe Biden spoke to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko about the investigation into the crash as well as the country's political dynamics on Friday, the White House said separately...........................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/White-House-Putin-Russia-are-culpable-in-Ukraine-plane-crash/articleshow/39014389.cms