Vice President Mike Pence has assuredkraine's president his country has U.S. support after Presidentonald Trumpadvocated for lettingussiae-join the Group of Seven despite its annexation ofkraine's Crimea Peninsula.
Pence met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after observances marking the start of World War II 80 years ago in Poland. They talked in the wake of Trump's comments and his administration's decision to hold up $250 million in security aid to Ukraine.
Pence said the United States had "stood strongly for the territorial integrity of Ukraine" whenussiaeized Crimea in 2014. Ukraine and most other nations see the move as illegal.
He added: "We will continue to stand with the people of the Ukraine on your security, on territorial integrity, including the Ukraine's rightful claim to Crimea."