The Netherlands signed a 10-year security agreement with Ukraine

To Reuters, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during an unannounced visit and said that the country would accept the initiative of the Czech Republic to buy 800 A thousand cannonballs provide financial aid for Kiev.

Zelensky announced that, based on the new security agreement, Amsterdam will provide $2.2 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year, and will provide additional defense aid to Kiev in the coming year.

Previously, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Denmark and England had signed bilateral security agreements with Ukraine. Audrey Yermak, the head of Zelensky’s office, said that negotiations are underway to sign security agreements with other countries.

Westerners plan to help Ukraine through bilateral military agreements before joining NATO.

According to IRNA, on February 21, 2022 (March 2, 1400), the President of Russia, criticizing the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in the Donbas region.

Three days after that, on Thursday, February 24 (5 March 1400), Vladimir Putin also launched a military operation against Ukraine, which he called a “special operation”, and thus the tense relations between Moscow and Kiev turned into a military confrontation.

In response to this Russian action, America and Western countries have imposed extensive sanctions against Moscow and sent billions of dollars in arms and military equipment to Kiev.

Source: IRNA