Crimea Platform summit, Blinken and Lammy in Kyiv - Wednesday brief

Crimea Platform summit

Another summit of the Crimea Platform was held in Kyiv yesterday. The visitor list included the President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Among other things, he said that Crimea must be returned under the control of Ukraine.

Blinken and Lammy in Kyiv

During his visit, Blinken said that Ukraine discussed the situation at the front, as well as long-range issues, with the United States.

The Secretary of State announced that the US allocated more than $700 million in aid to Ukraine.

Britain also provided a new aid package for Ukraine, announced by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, David Lammy.

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