Advisor to the head of the Ukrainian interior Ministry Anton Geraschenko denied data about what Canada in the spring of proposed Ukraine to buy her multirole fighter F-18.

a former Deputy defense Minister of Ukraine Leonid Polyakov said that Kiev did not want from the acquisition of Canadian multi-role fighter. According to him, back in the spring of Canada was invited to give Ukraine a few fighters, but the Ministry of defence refused because of the expensive operation of the aircraft and the inability to quickly retrain pilots.

" Received a letter from the Canadian Embassy on the issue of the ill-fated F-18. Never the government of Canada did not offer the government of Ukraine to take the F-18. Maybe some intermediaries or it is not clear who (something promised, but at the state level, this question Never was ", wrote Gerashchenko.

Ukraine on the background began in April of confrontation in the Donbass repeatedly asked the West for help, and among them On the supply of military equipment. First Deputy assistant to the President for national security Anthony Lloyd made a motion to consider granting Ukraine " lethal weapons " for defensive purposes. In the Russian foreign Ministry told that the supply of U.S. lethal weapons Ukraine will violate the Geneva agreement on the settlement of the conflict.

in Geneva on 17 April 2014 have been dialogues between Ukraine, Russia, USA and EU crisis in the East of Ukraine. The parties came to an agreement On the action to de-escalate conflict in terms of the contract it was necessary to disarm the illegal creation, to vacate illegally occupied buildings and start a national dialogue on constitutional reform. The Russian Federation many times pointed to the failure Ukraine Geneva agreements.


Kyiv authorities in April began in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN on September eleven, the victims of the conflict was almost 3, 2 thousands of civilians, more than 8 thousand were injured. After the meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the fall of the Ukraine, Kiev authorities and militias Donbass came to an agreement On the ceasefire, which came into force on 5 September. Military and militia periodically report violations of the ceasefire, both Sides, however, and international observers have concluded that it is in General observed. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read

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