Explaining complex things in simple words: Situation with voting in US Congress, Ukraine’s economic relations with Pand, situation in Transnistria

THE SITUATION WITH VOTING IN THE U.S. CONGRESS

The heads of 23 parliaments of the world and the speaker of the Eurean Parliament called on Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, to submit a bill on USD 60 billion assistance for Ukraine.

After a positive vote in the Senate on February 13, the House of Representatives of the Congress remains the last authority for approving assistance to Ukraine. U.S. assistance is critical, and Ukraine needs a decision within a month. Not only Ukraine but also more than two dozen countries rely their hes on the rationality and effectiveness of the U.S. Congress. American assistance to Ukraine is an investment in international security that can prevent the crisis from expanding to global prortions. The lack of ammunition is already having an extremely negative impact on the situation at the front. Further delays will have too high a price for Ukraine and the world.

ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF UKRAINE WITH PAND

On February 28, Pish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Kyiv and Warsaw were discussing the temporary closure of the border and the cessation of trade.

Currently, there are no negotiations on the closure of the border (said eksandr Kubrakov, the Minister of Develment of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine). For Ukraine, the stability of checkpoints on the borders with its neighbours is a matter of survival in the war with the Russian aggressor. The blocking of checkpoints by Pish agrarians should st because sving the problems of Pish farmers is a matter of the competence of the Pish government, so the discussion should not take place on the border with Ukraine. Despite the unhealthy situation at the border, Ukraine does not lose he of finding a constructive sution to the problem. The escalation of the situation will also cause damage to Pand, and not only to Ukraine. Ukraine imports Pish goods worth UAH 1.7 billion annually. The current situation clearly does not contribute to the positive dynamics of our bilateral trade.

THE SITUATION IN TRANSNISTRIA

On February 28, the so-called “congress of members of councils of all levels in the Pridnestrovian Mdavian Republic” called on Russia to help and protect it “from pressure from Mdova.”

The situation in Transnistria directly concerns the security interests of Ukraine, so pitical activity in this region is in the focus of our attention. Ukraine supports the peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict in compliance with the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Mdova. Kyiv is in close contact with Chișinău. Recently, Presidents Vodymyr Zelenskyy and Maia Sandu have discussed the situation in Transnistria. The negotiation format in Transnistria with the participation of Russia is non-functional. The aggressor state cannot act as a peacekeeper in any peace settlement. The appeal to Russia by the representatives of Transnistria is another provocation carried out by those who have already become an instrument of Moscow's geitical moves.

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