US Vice Biden urges in Kyiv on reforms, promises 175 million euros
US Vice President Joe Biden has urged Ukraine to a quick implementation of reforms and a strengthened fight against corruption. He promised the country a cash injection of 175 million euros for reforms in the police force, the judiciary and the economy. Biden called on Moscow to work constructively with Kyiv to achieve, inter alia, to local elections in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. “The Minsk Convention can not succeed if Russia does not fulfill its obligations and President Putin does not respect its promises, which he has repeatedly against my president, made you and the international community,” said Biden. As the US and Russia deny the coordination of the fight against the IS-militia in Syria, the fear was in Kyiv last increasingly loud that the Ukrainian-Russian conflict could be forgotten. “Unfortunately, the war goes in eastern Ukraine on. Today there were 14 grenade attacks. Eight Ukrainian soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours. From a de-escalation can be no question in the dispute in the Donbass “, said Poroshenko. Euro news reporter Maria Korenyuk reported from Kyiv: “Joe Biden visited Ukraine for the fourth time within two years. On Tuesday, the US vice president will speak in front of the Ukrainian Parliament. It is expected that the US position regarding the occupied come Crimea and the implementation of reforms in Ukraine language “Read more. Joe Biden corruption Minsk Russia Ukraine truce