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Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden will use his remaining months in office to strengthen Ukraine, a senior aide said on Saturday, as Kyiv fights off Russia’s invasion for a third year.
Biden withdrew from the US elections, which are potentially perilous for Ukraine as they could see Ukraine-sceptic Donald Trump back in the White House.
The prospect has raised fears in Kyiv, which relies mainly on the US for support and is preparing for Biden’s handover in January.
Biden is “determined to use the four months to put Ukraine in the best possible position to prevail”, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told a forum in Kyiv.
“President Zelensky has said that ultimately this war has to end through negotiations, and we need them to be strong in those negotiations,” Sullivan said, adding Ukraine would decide when to enter negotiations with Russia.

Sullivan was speaking via video-link at a conference organised by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
The US president will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the next UN General Assembly in late September, he said. The two leaders will discuss how to best strengthen support to Ukraine, which is battling Russian advances in the east of the country.
“Ukraine has taken bold and assertive steps as well in the war. But that area around Pokrovsk is of unique concern,” Sullivan said, referring to a logistics hub that Moscow’s advancing forces are within 10km (six miles) of.
Despite a surprise cross-border attack launched by Kyiv on August 6 in Russia’s Kursk, Moscow continues to steadily gain ground in the eastern Donetsk region.
Sullivan said Washington paid particular attention to the situation in the east, and on helping defend Ukraine from “brazen” attacks on civilian energy infrastructure, potentially threatening nuclear power plants.
To fend off the renewed assaults in the east, Ukraine has called for prompt delivery of Western military aid. Kyiv has often criticised delays that have held up the transfer of weapons from the West.
“It’s not a matter of political will. It’s a matter of busting through these difficult and complicated logistics,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan nevertheless acknowledged that “given what Ukraine is up against, we’ve got to do more, and we’ve got to do better”.


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Members the National Guard of Ukraine fire a howitzer towards Russian troops near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, on September 5. Photo: Reuters

An elderly woman is seen at a transit centre in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, on September 5. Civilians are being evacuated from Pokrovsk and nearby cities in the Donetsk region. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ukrainian prisoners of war are welcomed by relatives and military personnel following a swap at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Friday. Ukraine did not say how many Russians had been released in return, while Moscow was yet to comment, but the UAE reported it had mediated an exchange of 206 prisoners between Ukraine and Russia. Photo: EPA-EFE

Britain’s PM Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy speak to the media outside the White House in Washington following a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Friday. Photo: Reuters

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US President Joe Biden (left) meets Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer  (right) at the White House on Friday. Photo: Reuters

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy (left) speak to the media outside the White House on Friday after a meeting with US President Joe Biden. Photo: AFP

A Storm Shadow cruise missile is displayed during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, in June 2023. Photo: AP

A woman walks outside the British embassy building in Moscow on Friday. Photo: TNS

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Russian President Vladimir Putin answers a journalist’s question in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday. Photo: Sputnik via AP

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The US president will meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN General Assembly this month


The US president will meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the UN General Assembly this month.
