白宮承諾2.2億美元支持烏克蘭

The White House plans to commit $220 million to Ukraine in support of economic, political, and energy reforms, Vice President Biden said in a meeting with Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman Wednesday.

The Vice President also expressed deep concern about the rise of separatists in Eastern Ukraine, supported by Russia, urging Ukraine to fully implement the Minsk agreements, a cease-fire accord designed to end fighting between Ukraine’s government and the country’s pro-Russian rebels in the east.

Biden also assured Groysman that sanctions against Russia would not be lifted until it fully implemented the accord.

Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, the U.S. and EU have imposed several rounds of asset freezes, travel bans and other penalties on Russia.美國副總統拜登星期三會見烏克蘭總理格羅斯曼時表示，白宮計劃爲烏克蘭提供2億2千萬美元，用以支持其經濟、政治和能源改革。

拜登還對烏克蘭東部分離分子在俄羅斯支持下的崛起表示嚴重關注，並敦促烏克蘭徹底實施明斯克協議。簽訂該停火協議是爲了結束烏克蘭政府與東部親俄反叛力量之間的戰鬥。

拜登還向格羅斯曼保證，在俄羅斯完全履行明斯克協議之前，不會取消對俄羅斯的制裁。

自俄羅斯併吞烏克蘭的克里米亞以來，美國和歐盟已對俄羅斯實施了幾輪制裁，包括凍結資產、旅行限制以及其它懲罰措施。