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21 of October, 18:35

Poroshenko: US will supply Ukraine radar counterbattery
Ukraine expects in November, the proceeds of radar station (RLS) of counter from North America, said the Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko.
"After my meeting with the President of the United States of America Barack Obama at the end of the second decade of November in Ukraine will come to special station counterbattery, long range ", ? it is reported in the report in Twitter Poroshenko.



Radar counterbattery ? mobile radar systems that track the location of a battery of the enemy based on the trajectory of shells and missiles. October 4, Poroshenko said that North America has decided to give Kiev a fresh defensive weapons. On 14 September the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko again raised the issue of supplying his country with Western weapons. The speech, According to the Ukrainian leader, is only about defensive weapons systems. On September 3 Poroshenko asked the United States on the future assistance of the APU, having discussed the matter with the co-chair of the division on the armed forces of the U.S. Senate Jack reed. For example, he drew attention to " the importance of US assistance in training the Ukrainian military ". On 2 September the Secretary of the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov tried to convince the US to unlock the supply of lethal weapons Ukraine. Total U.S. military aid to Kiev, including armored vehicles and anti-artillery radars is determined in 200 million dollars.

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