Foreign Ministry: the message of the intention of the US to begin the transfer of arms to Kiev to cause concern
Moscow is concerned about reports of the US intention to directly or indirectly initiate the transfer of the Kyiv modern weapons, said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.
"A particularly disturbing message about the intention of the United States of America, directly or through intermediaries, to start to pass Kiev modern weapons. Adopted at the end of last year by Congress, the law on support for freedom of Ukraine permits and encourages such deliveries ", - said Lukashevich, quoted by RIA " Novosti "." Believe that started on the ground near Lviv instruction 300 soldiers 173 airborne brigade of the U.S. armed forces of the Ukrainian military only "pours oil on the fire" domestic conflict ", - he said. Yesterday it was claimed that U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, that training the Ukrainian national guard U.S. military " fully transparent ". Prior to this, the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov said that the us military trained the Ukrainian security forces in the Lvov area, specifically in the area of hostilities in the Donbass. April 17, Friday, the US Ambassador in Kiev Jeffrey Payette said that about 300 paratroopers of the 173rd brigade USA came to Ukraine to study Ukrainian military.