The US did not change its position on the issue of providing Ukraine lethal weapons, but still focused on the delivery Kyiv non-lethal military aid, said Pentagon press Secretary rear Admiral John Kirby.

" We don't stop to look at the requests of Ukraine for weapons, but right now still focused on non-lethal aid, " the magazine quoted the words of Kirby, he said during the briefing.

Kirby also said that " nothing has changed regarding non-lethal assistance that the United States continues to supply the armed forces and security forces of Ukraine ".

before administration, the United States emphasized many times that the American assistance to Ukraine, though it includes military equipment, does not include weapons. But the White house refused to exclude the possibility of arms of Ukraine in the future.

in Geneva on 17 April 2014 have been dialogues between Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the 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.

Hackers from the Ukrainian group " Cybermarket " first published the documents, from which, according to the Hackers, it follows that Washington is ready to put Ukraine " 400 units of sniper rifles, 2,000 assault rifles, 720 grenade launchers, nearly 200 mortars and more than 70 thousand min for them, 150 Shingarev, 420 anti-tank missiles.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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