US Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday, Nov. 10 warned Russia of more costs over what he called Moscow's continuing violation of a ceasefire deal over eastern Ukraine.
US Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia over Ukraine after new columns of tanks, trucks and heavy artillery rumbled towards the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Monday, Nov. 10.
“If Russia continues to wilfully violate the terms of the Minsk agreement, the costs to Russia will increase,” the White House said.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, in his phone talks with Biden, informed Biden about “Russia’s blatant escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, including increased shelling of Ukrainian government positions and the transfer of additional heavy weapons to the separatists,” the White House said in a statement.
The Ukrainian and American officials agreed that it was “critical” for Russia to honor its commitments to a ceasefire agreement signed in the Belarusian capital Minsk in September.
Besides, the US vice president urged the speedy conclusion of a coalition agreement to enable the Ukrainian government to continue the process of passing and then implementing reforms, and delivering on other commitments made to the Ukrainian people in the Oct. 26 parliamentary elections.
