U.S. Senator introduced an initiative to help Ukraine with weapons and intelligence
U.S. Senator Rob Portman introduced Thursday in the Senate amendment to the U.S. military budget for 2016, which involves helping Ukraine with weapons and intelligence on 60 million dollars.
"The amendment provides for the granting Ukraine the main and need for self funding it has requested, including intelligence in real-time, anti-artillery radar, defensive lethal weapons, unmanned aerial devices, secure communication and training aimed at the development of key capabilities in operations, planning and support (troops) ", - is reported in the statement of the press service of Portman.
in addition, the Senator has made a further amendment to the military budget, demanding that the U.S. military and NATO to understand the tactics of "Russian troops and militias" and, for example, in how the conflict in Ukraine could affect the production of American Abrams tanks.
"My second Amendment will enable us to draw lessons from the conflict and to explore their implications for US military power," said Portman. He expressed the hope that the findings of the report will contribute to promote the use of Abrams tanks. These tanks are manufactured in Ohio, which is elected by Portman.
in addition, the Senator has made the initiative to allocate 371 million dollars to further develop the Stryker armored vehicles. According to the Senator, the lack of tanks USA in the EU " undermines the reputation of the USA in regard to respond to fresh challenges ". Now a number of American tanks " Abrams for the time set in the Baltic States, the other tanks USA were withdrawn from Europe by 2014.
Ukrainian authorities and Western countries have repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.