US President Joe Biden and other leaders of NATO countries on Thursday will discuss measures to expand military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. It is expected that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will turn to the participants of the NATO Extraordinary Summit on Video Communications, reports “Voice of America”.
Biden, who on Wednesday came to Brussels in the evening, will also take part in the “Big Seven” meeting and the European Union Summit.
In the statement of the White House, it is said that one of the main tasks of the US President during the trip is to strengthen the unity among European allies, NATO and G7 countries due to the crisis in Ukraine.
Speaking on the eve of the Summit, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg suggested that on Thursday NATO, in all likelihood, will decide on the increase in the armed forces on its east flank: “On land, in the air and the sea.”
“Meanwhile, earlier the adviser to the American President on National Security Jake Salvan reported that the United States and their partners intend to declare new sanctions against Russia on Thursday. “It will be about a new package of sanctions,” he said, specifying that Washington, together with the European Union, would also tighten existing sanctions to take measures against the possibility of their bypass Moscow.
For its part, the United Kingdom announced that Ukraine intends to transfer another six thousand weapons units, including anti-tank missiles. According to the Office of the Prime Minister of Britain, during the visit, the head of the British government will announce a new package of military assistance Kiev, including sending another 6 thousand missiles, including anti-tank.
Great Britain has already sent more than 4,000 NLAW and anti-tank complexes Javelin to Ukraine.