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At the outset, I would liketo convey severalkey points. First, Ukraine is a strategic partner oftheUnited States, important for the security of our country as well as Europe. Second , Ukraine is, rightat this moment- while we sit in this room for the last five years, under armed attack from Russia. Third , the security assistancewe provide is crucialto Ukraine' s defense against Russian aggression, and, more importantly, sendsa signal to Ukrainians Russians that we are Ukraine' s reliable strategic partner. And finally, as the Committees are now aware, I said on September 9 in a message to Ambassador Gordon Sondland that withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy I believed that then, and I still believe that.
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К вопросу о моральном распаде республиканской партии в Штатах.
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At the outset, I would liketo convey severalkey points. First, Ukraine is a strategic partner oftheUnited States, important for the security of our country as well as Europe. Second , Ukraine is, rightat this moment- while we sit in this room for the last five years, under armed attack from Russia. Third , the security assistancewe provide is crucialto Ukraine' s defense against Russian aggression, and, more importantly, sendsa signal to Ukrainians Russians that we are Ukraine' s reliable strategic partner. And finally, as the Committees are now aware, I said on September 9 in a message to Ambassador Gordon Sondland that withholding security assistance in exchange for help with a domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy I believed that then, and I still believe that.
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К вопросу о моральном распаде республиканской партии в Штатах.
