Joe Biden, the US vice-president, told an audience in Kiev on Friday, Nov. 21 that Washington would always support a democratic, reformist Ukraine but he did not offer the one thing his hosts most desired: a promise of heavy weapons to counter a Russian-backed insurgency.
Financial Times: Biden promises to support Kyiv – but not with heavy weapons
Soldiers of Aidar battalion get ready for departure to the positions at their base in Shchastia town, Luhansk Oblast on Nov. 8.
