Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that his country has no military assistance to Ukraine.

the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the first day of the week said that the decision of Finland to supply Ukraine laser rangefinders contradicts the obligations of the country in the field of surveillance over the export of arms.

The head of the Finnish Ministry of foreign Affairs said that Finland observes in this issue, the principles of the EU and all international conventions. Tuomioja added that Moscow had not been contacted in relation to the supply of rangefinders with the Finnish authorities. Consequently, Finland does not want to communicate with the Russian authorities in connection with the supply, transmits the broadcasting company.

first 10 of U.S. senators, including John McCain, made a proposal to provide weapons to the authorities of Ukraine. Currently, the United States put Ukraine military support, however, report that it is "non-lethal" nature. Anyway, the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin said before, that, according to Russian sources, the American weapons on Ukraine already supplied. The US deny it. Moscow had warned against plans arms deliveries to Ukraine, because this step will only lead to the escalation of the conflict.

Against arms shipments to Ukraine expressed the overwhelming majority of European politicians. So, Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that arms deliveries to Ukraine is very risky and counterproductive way out of the fall. The head of the Ministry of defense UK Michael Fallon believes that the supply of arms to Kiev have the ability to cause conflict in the Donbass will increase. A similar opinion was expressed by head of the Ministry of defense of Italy Robert Pinotti.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation Against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. At the end of hostilities in practice completely destroyed the regional infrastructure. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict was not less than 6 thousand people.

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