Ukraine’s overseas minister mentioned US help for Ukraine had not been ‘shattered’ after Congress handed a short-term funding invoice to avert a authorities shutdown that excluded help for Ukraine. Dmytro Kuleba informed reporters in Kyiv: ‘We do not feel that the US help has been shattered and we … as a result of the United States understands that what’s at stake in Ukraine is way larger than simply Ukraine.’

He added that the Ukraine authorities was in touch with Republicans and Democrats and felt assured that ‘essential options’ may very well be discovered