The U.S. Senate in January, will return to the issue of arms of Kiev, said on the last working day of the week Last news Republican Senator John Sidney McCain.
" Yes, of course", he replied to the question, will the Senate to discuss arms supplies to Ukraine after the Christmas and new year holidays.
McCain called the " great shame and the shame that North America until not provided Ukraine " weapons to protect themselves."
" It is a tragedy and the US is directly responsible for the death of more than 400 Ukrainian brave men, " said the Senator.
in September, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has visited the USA, where he asked about the supply of arms. International Committee of the U.S. Senate then blesed the draft law on the allocation of Ukraine military aid to $ 350 million in 2015 (including anti-tank weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles) and about the status of a " key ally the United States outside NATO." However, the bill until not passed by both houses of Congress.
USA give Ukraine a multi-million dollar military aid, when this report that was not accepted conclusion about the possible supply of weapons.
So Washington had provided for the needs of the military power of Ukraine 300 thousand sets of dry rations, supplied to Ukraine barbed wire and field-glasses, and later decided to allocate $ 7 million for tents, heaters and other equipment.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the UN fifteen November, the victims of the conflict began more than 4 thousand civilians, more than 9 thousand were injured.
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