The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sits down with Michael Carpenter, former U.S. Ambassador to OSCE and senior director for Europe at the National Security Council, to discuss the current lagging U.S. military support for Ukraine amid the ongoing ceasefire talks with Russia. Carpenter also offers his predictions for the future of Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Nine Ukrainian officials, including Andriy Yermak, Head of the President's Office, and Kyrylo Budanov, the country's military intelligence chief, are set to attend the meeting, according to a presidential decree published on November 22.
Search and rescue operations in the western Ukrainian city continue into their fourth day, officials reported on Nov. 22.
"We welcome the continued US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine," the leaders of the European Union, the U.K., France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, and Finland said in a statement after meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit.
The decision was made following an agreement reached by Lukashenko with U.S. President Donald Trump, at Ukraine's request.
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"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.
The Russian advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast comes as Russian troops also intensify their offensives in other hot spots of the war.
Russian troops launched one ballistic missile and 104 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Nov. 22.
The number includes 1,170 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The Yany Kapu electric substation in northern Crimea was targeted by drones overnight on Nov. 22, Telegram channel Astra reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Nov. 21 that he believes there is "a way of getting peace."
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