US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power urged the Ukrainian Residents to actively monitor the progress of reforms in the country, assured them of American support and encouraged to isolate the Russian Federation for its " aggression ", informs.

The U.S. diplomat spoke Thursday before the representatives of the Ukrainian public in the hall of the October Palace in Kiev. She urged Residents to persistently follow up the implementation of the reforms promised in the process of dramatic change in government in early 2014, which remain only on paper ".

the main theme of her speech was the support of Ukraine from the US in its confrontation With Russia, informs television channel.

"No one wants to harm the Russian economy. But Russia has to bear the consequences, such as diplomatic and economic isolation due to their aggression, which has already occurred, and similarly in the case of further aggression, " said Power.

in her expressions, the conflict in Eastern Ukraine has no military solution and punishment are the only mechanism of action on the Russian Federation.

journalist Euronews informs that in Kiev will soon open a special office of the UN in support of the Minsk agreements. The beginning of his work - one of the goals of the visit of the Ambassador Samantha Power. With the advent of the UN office will get the data first hand, which will make the monitoring of the situation in Eastern Ukraine is more effective.

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