President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a phone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.

The President has informed on the situation in Donbas.

The U.S. Vice President has informed the Head of State on the U.S. decision to impose additional sanctions on individuals and entities that violate the sovereignty of Ukraine.

The parties have also discussed the opportunity of imposing further sanctions on Russia.

The President has thanked for additional non-lethal U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, particularly drones, radios, counter-mortar radars, night vision devices and other equipment worth $75 million, as well as 230 Humvees.   

Petro Poroshenko and Joseph Biden have discussed the issue of increasing and enhancing the OSCE SMM and the intensification of the process of involving the peacekeeping mission in the settlement of the situation in Donbas.