EU officials urge media 'not to forget Ukraine'.
(Baonghean.vn) - The top diplomat of the European Union (EU) firmly stated that the Ukraine conflict remains an important issue for the European Commission.
According to RT, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged the media not to shift all attention away from Ukraine to focus on the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
Speaking ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on October 23, Borrell told reporters that Ukraine “continues to fight” and said Kyiv would be on the agenda of the discussions. “Don’t forget Ukraine,” the diplomat added.
Mr. Borrell also noted that the ministers would discuss the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as European sanctions against Russia.
During a brief exchange with reporters, Borrell focused primarily on the fighting between Israel and Hamas, as none of the journalists present asked about the conflict in Ukraine.
According to RT, despite previously expressing solidarity with Israel, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky lamented that the escalating situation in the Middle East this month has diverted attention away from his country.
“If international attention is diverted from Ukraine, one way or another, it will have consequences,” Zelensky warned in an interview with France 2 earlier this month. “The fate of Ukraine depends on the solidarity of the rest of the world,” the Kyiv leader added.
US officials have stated that they will continue to fund Kyiv and Israel, and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has stressed that Washington "certainly has the financial capacity" to pay for two wars.
She also acknowledged that direct US economic aid to Kyiv was "what enabled them to fight this war."
Ukrainian Defense Ministry official Gennady Kovalenko told the Washington Post in early October that Kyiv is “100% dependent on the United States.”
US President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to ask Congress to approve a new $100 billion aid bill, including funding for Israel and Ukraine.
However, an Axios report last week suggested that the Pentagon had decided to supply Israel with tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells that were originally intended for Ukraine.
