US committed to supporting Ukraine for at least 10 years following bilateral security agreements – Blinken

"Every administration has an opportunity, of course, to set its own policies," said the U.S. secretary of state.

“We can’t lock in the future. But just a week ago at the NATO summit, we had more than 20 countries come together on the margins of the summit to announce that they had negotiated and signed 10-year bilateral security agreements with Ukraine.  And that means that all of these countries, including the United States, have committed to help Ukraine for the next decade build up its deterrent capacity, build up its defenses.”

He also noted that for the United States, Ukraine's success in the war with Russia will be considered to be its transformation into "a Ukraine that is strong, that’s independent, that’s increasingly integrated with the West, and that stands on its own feet militarily, economically, democratically."

"And we have Ukraine on that trajectory," Blinken said.

“Even as we’re working to do everything we can to make sure that it has what it needs to deal with the ongoing Russian aggression, we’re also helping Ukraine build this plan, program for the future. Now, a lot has already gone into that, and yes, it will continue to need resources.”

Security assurance agreements

Ukraine has already concluded bilateral security agreements with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, as well as Sweden, Iceland, Norway, the United States, Japan, the European Union, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Luxembourg.