Ukraine emerges from this war sovereign, independent, and free, able to deter future aggression with a strong, vibrant democracy. This was announced by the US President’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, at a briefing held in Kyiv.

“Well, I’ve stood at the White House podium and I’ve stood at other podiums and said Ukraine should win. I said here, today, Ukraine should prevail.

And what does that mean? That means that Ukraine emerges from this war sovereign, independent, and free, able to deter future aggression with a strong, vibrant democracy; with deep democratic institutions; with an economy that’s growing, not just in traditional industries but in high technology and the areas where you are innovating. Even in the face of Russian attacks, you are innovating.

That’s what winning means. And from our perspective, we are going to work every day to make that happen. Now, there’s a critical military dimension to that, meaning providing the necessary support, supplies, and weapons for Ukraine’s brave soldiers to be able to effectively do what they need to do on the battlefield.

There is the intelligence cooperation we have. There is the economic cooperation we have. There is the diplomacy that we do together to work on democratic reforms and economic reforms.

So this is a comprehensive, across-the-board, all-hands-on-deck effort for the U.S. government, directed by our President as a key priority of the United States to see Ukraine not just win, but succeed - succeed over the long term and thrive.

And that is something every Ukrainian deserves, but it’s also profoundly in the national security interest of the United States“, - said Jake Sullivan.