KIEV, Ukraine, Safar 25, 1437, December 07, 2015, SPA -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured Ukraine Monday of continuing U.S. support and announced the release of an additional $190 million in U.S. aid to help support reforms, AP reported. Biden, speaking Monday on a trip to the Ukrainian capital, also emphasized the need for Russia to fully meet its obligations under February's Minsk agreement that was intended to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine. "The United States stands firmly with the people of Ukraine in the face of continued aggression from Russia and Russian-backed separatists," Biden said after his talks with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko. "Moscow has to fully implement the Minsk agreement and work constructively with Ukraine to create the conditions for free, fair and safe local elections to occur in Donbass," Biden said, referring to the collective name for the two rebel regions. Biden also underlined that the U.S. will never accept Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. "Moscow eventually has to end its occupation of Ukraine's sovereign territory," he said. --SPA 23:57 LOCAL TIME 20:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w