Vladimir Dobrovolsky. Ukraine asks EU military technical assistance, but does not wait for lethal weapons, said on the first day of the week the head of the Ukrainian foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

" We need consistent statements from the EU, support for Ukrainian reforms, as well as assistance to Ukraine in terms of the military technical assistance. I'm not talking about lethal weapons, realizing the sensitivity of these issues, but We need a real deterrence in the area of punishment and in strengthening military capacity, " said Klimkin, speaking in front of people's deputies of the European Parliament.

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. With the mediation of the OSCE and Russia agreed a truce with the 5 September.

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 adopted by Parliament. USA give Ukraine a multi-million dollar military aid, But the report that was not accepted conclusion about the possible supply of weapons.

U.S. primarily 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.

Other Western countries also help Ukraine, providing them with military products. So, Ukrainian border guards received from the government of Canada 32 tons of military equipment price of five million dollars. In early July, the head of the interior Ministry gave the armor and helmets of the standard NATO fighters of machardie.

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