The United States has an opportunity to try to build a new campaign of pressure on European leaders to agree with the American arms shipments to Ukraine, said head of the state Duma Committee on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov.

The chamber of commissioners of the us Congress on Tuesday adopted a resolution recommending to the President of the United States to approve arms supplies to Ukraine. The decision is an appeal to the President " to use granted by the Congress of the range of opportunities to provide Ukraine lethal lethal defensive weapons ". In opinion of authors of the document, such a step will enable to increase the capacity of the Ukrainian people for protection of sovereignty ".

"The US, I think, will try to build a new campaign to pressure the Europeans, for example, Merkel, Hollande, so that they may reluctantly, but agreed with the American arms shipments to Ukraine, and then have the situation comes to a new school conflict, the Americans propose to take a fresh penalties against Russia, and European leaders will say: well, this position is resumed combat operations, can be, in truth, it is necessary to extend the punishment," said Pushkov said on air of the TV channel ".

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