Tymoshenko called on to make a group for negotiations with the US on arms

The parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" in the Parliament of Ukraine proposes to form a authorized group for negotiations With the United States on arms supply to Ukraine, said on the first day of the week faction leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

first 10 of United States 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 give the weapon Ukraine, if the leader does not go on it.

on the last working day of the week the assistant to the President of the United States on national security Susan rice said that the United States explore the possibility of providing Ukraine with direct military assistance. She added that this issue is pending. Next Wednesday Rada wants to register to the Congress of the United States petition to accelerate the provision of Kiev full of military assistance and the status of special ally of the United States.

"We believe that the need to immediately send US the high level group, which will include authorized by the President of Ukraine, the Parliament and the government in order not only to record the message the United States of readiness to supply Ukraine precision-guided weapons, and in the process of the negotiation process with all political circles to bring the case before the results ", - said Tymoshenko during the meeting of the conciliatory Council of the leaders of the parliamentary factions. For reviews of Tymoshenko, just in case, " if Ukraine is strong, has the ability to achieve peace through negotiations."

first of Moscow warned Washington's designs arms deliveries to Ukraine, because this step will only lead to the escalation of the conflict. Against arms shipments to Ukraine expressed and the vast number of European politicians. First 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.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation Against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 5, 3 thousand civilians. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict.


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