The US was unwilling to grant Ukraine lethal military assistance

Washington's desire to Ukraine only non-lethal military assistance, said the head of the Ministry of defense Chuck Hagel on the results of the meeting of heads of military departments of NATO in Brussels.
" the head of the US has already announced about giving Ukraine a new volume of non-lethal assistance, including flak jackets, 5 million dollars, " said Hagel, ITAR-TASS reported. Yesterday NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the head of the NATO foreign Ministers agree on an aid package to Kiev by the end of June. On Wednesday, the Supreme commander of the combined forces of the North Atlantic Commonwealth in the EU General Philip Breedlove said that NATO is considering a request from Kiev on granting military aid to Ukraine, including lethal weapons. However in the press-service of the Commonwealth explained that NATO as an organization has no plans for military aid to Ukraine: " NATO as an organization does not have its own military means, equipment or weapons. All this is on the balance of the member States and they have to approve regulations on the allocation of such aid ". Remember, first on Wednesday, Obama and Poroshenko held a meeting in the Polish capital Warsaw and discussed the possible participation of the USA in the preparation of the Ukrainian law enforcers and the military. On the first day of the week it was announced that North America has increased the size of the financial assistance of the defence sector of Ukraine in 2 times - up to 18 million dollars. These funds will be purchased property for law enforcement bodies of Ukraine.


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