The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wishes himself to meet the plane with the first batch of American military vehicle HMMWV (Humvee) at the airport " Borispol ", informs the press service of the Ukrainian President.
"on Wednesday, March 25, at fifteen. 10 (16. 10 MSK) head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will participate in the activities of the meeting of the plane with the first batch of American military vehicle HMMWV (the international airport "Borispol"), " - said in the message of press-service on the Internet office of the Ukrainian President. At the end of November last year during the visit of Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden in Kiev mass media of America reported that he promised the Ukrainian side delivery Humvee as one of the elements of non-lethal military aid. Later this information was neither confirmed nor refuted. Humvee (from the English." high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle") is an American military vehicle, standing on the arms of the majority of the U.S. armed forces and of military power and civil services of several other countries. The car has high permeability, suitable for transport by air and land. Competition Humvee on the U.S. Department of defense announced in 1979. In 1992, the market went the civilian version of the Humvee. Almost immediately they changed the name to more aggressive - Hummer. Despite the significant advantages Humvee jeeps before early generation, the car is not perfect in the form of an armored or armored personnel carriers, for this reason, the marine Corps the U.S. in 2007, said the intention to replace it with a "minoustchine" dishwasher MRAP. In February it was announced that the militia in Debaltsevo captured American armored Humvee. Remember, February 18, Debaltsevo entirely under the supervision of branches of the militia of the people's Republic of Donetsk. on 20 February the head of state Alexander Zakharchenko said that the militia finished "cleaning" Debaltsevo, noting that in the environment of the Ukrainian Military lost in a shared 3-3, 5 thousand People killed. VIDEO

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