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12 of February, 08:31

Media: possible delivery of weapons by the United States to Ukraine have the opportunity to take months
In the case of the U.S. decision on the supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine, the direct delivery of weapons can take months due to bureaucratic delays and lack of required reserves at the military depots in the country, writes the print edition.

"If it's So hard to deliver to Ukraine, night vision devices, don't know how it would be difficult to deliver them antitank missiles ", - quotes the print edition of one of the high position of authorized USA, reminding about the difficulties in the supply of non-lethal aid to Ukraine.

along with this, according to the newspaper, the US military is not in the presence of excess weapons systems and other equipment, which is considered by the White house as possible supplies to Ukraine.

Other American officials, as underlined by the publication inclined to believe that bureaucratic delays incurred when supplying non-lethal aid to Ukraine, have already been taken into consideration." These (delivery) have become more efficient and occur much faster, " the magazine quoted the words of the Colonel of the American army Joe Sowers.

during the last a number of months, the U.S. supply of the Ukrainian side of non-lethal military aid. Along with this, the first of ten senators, including John McCain, made a proposal to provide weapons to the authorities of Ukraine. McCain said that he would submit to the Senate a draft law, which will require President Barack Hussein Obama to provide weapons of Ukraine, If the leader does not go on it.

first of Moscow 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.

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