Dmitry Zlatarev. The head of the U.S. Department of defense Ashton Carter assured his Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak in the willingness of the capital of the United States to continue to support Kiev, said on Thursday the U.S. Department of defense.

"Carter noticed that the North America, together with his associates committed to supporting Ukraine in determining his course as a sovereign independent country ", - is informed in the report of the Pentagon on the results of the first personal meeting the 2 Ministers in the meeting of defense Ministers of NATO countries in Brussels.

along with this, the parties discussed " the continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine in the security plan and training of the National guard ". For example, spoke of " additional supplies in mid-July, 100 cars Hummer and ongoing training of national guard forces in Yavorov ".

"Carter also confirmed the commitment of the U.S. to continued defense cooperation with Ukraine, as well as among them through annual bilateral and multilateral exercises," according to the Pentagon report.

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