“Kyiv is working with Washington after aid shutdown decision, Ukraine’s foreign minister says”

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-10-02-23/index.html

Kyiv is working with Washington after Congress did not include new Ukraine aid in a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday.

Though US President Joe Biden lauded the deal reached by lawmakers, he also acknowledged the lack of new funding for Ukraine, vowing Washington “will not walk away” from Kyiv. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of leaders in the US Senate also promised to vote on more aid for Ukraine.

Kuleba said Monday that Ukraine was “now working with both sides of Congress to make sure that [the decision] does not repeat again, under any circumstances.”

“We do not feel that US support has been shattered, because the US understands that what is at stake in Ukraine is much bigger than just Ukraine,” he said. “It’s about the stability and predictability of the world, and therefore I believe that we will be able to find the necessary solutions.”

Speaking alongside Kuleba ahead of a European Union foreign ministers’ meeting in Kyiv Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc will continue to support Ukraine and is “discussing with our American allies and friends for them too to continue supporting Ukraine."

“I am sure that this decision will be reconsidered and all together will be on [Ukraine’s] side,” Borrell said.