Blinken mulls arms supplies with Ukrainian FM

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, reads a statement by US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, Report informs referring to the US State Department website.

"Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha to discuss battlefield updates, including incoming US security assistance and budgetary assistance packages. The Secretary expressed his condolences for lives impacted in Russia’s massive November 27-28 missile barrage against critical energy infrastructure, and expressed full US support for additional protections and countermeasures as winter approaches. He briefed the Foreign Minister on US goals for sustainable support for Ukraine, to be discussed at upcoming diplomatic engagements with NATO and through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. The Secretary reiterated the United States’ enduring commitment to a sovereign and democratic Ukraine, and support for just and lasting peace on the basis of the United Nations Charter," reads the report.