The United States believes that there is no military solution to end Russia’s war on Ukraine in the Donbas, but hopes Russia will finally fulfill the commitments it made in Minsk nearly four years ago, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch has said.

Speaking on Jan. 28 in Kyiv at the Ukrainian Leadership Academy, a 10-month program for secondary school graduates, Yovanovitch said the United States, together with the international community, is committed to maintaining sanctions that make it too costly for Russia to continue its war against Ukraine.