U.S. Senator Eliot Engel said on Wednesday that he is ready to submit a new draft law on assistance to Ukraine.

"the draft law will send a clear signal that North America support the people of Ukraine in the confrontation of Russian aggression," said Engel, one of the leaders of the Department of international Affairs of the house of representatives, at the hearings in Congress.

He had been accused of the Russian Federation in direct intervention in the events in the East of Ukraine is, According to the Congressman, justifies the weapons of one of the parties to the armed conflict.

"last month I met with the President Poroshenko in the European Union. His request was simple: provide Ukraine key types of weapons and military technology to defend themselves. Specifically Ukraine needs antitank missiles to defend against the militants, " said Engel.

Also Engel said that Ukraine needs protivoallergennye radars larger radius of action and communication technologies for fighting measures jamming signals. He did not give additional details of the bill.

first Ukrainian authorities, as Well as the US and the EU have repeatedly accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly said that is not a party to domestic conflict and uninvolved in the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. For example, the press Secretary of the President of Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian Federation is the guarantor of Ukrainian settlement, and not by the party that performs the complex aimed at this action.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

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