In 2014, Washington has increased to 23 million dollars to help Kyiv in the sphere of security, said the US Ambassador in Ukraine Jeffrey Payette. " When it comes to military assistance, the costs of the USA to Ukraine on securing increased to $ 23 million in the current year, most of which went to the improvement of border surveillance, acquisition of night vision equipment and procurement of 2 thousand Jackets for the Ukrainian soldiers, which will be delivered soon, " said the Ambassador. He drew attention to closer cooperation in the sphere of military cooperation and military training between 2 countries, ITAR-TASS reported." All of this is useful, but nobody can say that this aid would be enough to wrap in favor of Ukraine move increasingly bloody war, " said Payette. Touching upon the issue of further U.S. aid to Ukraine, the Ambassador said that in his vision, " Ukrainians deserve it "." We will continue to cooperate with Ukraine in order to provide opportunities of the Ukrainian authorities, border guards and the army to monitor the border with Russia, " He added. Focusing on the causes of " instability in Donbass ", He argued that the main problem of this region is the " lack of economic development ".
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