The head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Pavel Lebedev thanked us congressmen for their readiness to Express support for the speedy granting Ukraine defensive weapons and expressed the hope that the head of the US in the shortest time will take a positive decision on the issue, reports the press service of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine on Tuesday. before the lower house of the U.S. Congress adopted a resolution in which the appeal to the President of the United States " to apply to him by the Congress of the range of opportunities to provide Ukraine lethal lethal defensive weapons ". In opinion of authors of the document, such a step will enable to increase the capacity of the Ukrainian people for protection of sovereignty ". Such documents are Advisory in nature and not binding the head of the country. "the head of the defense Ministry thanked the delegation for the preparedness of the majority of congressmen to Express support for the expeditious rendering of Ukraine defensive weapons and expressed the hope that the head of the US in the shortest time will take a positive decision on the issue ", - informs the press service of the results of the meeting and Approved with the American congressmen on Tuesday in Kyiv. Poltorak said that in modern conditions the army of Ukraine has an urgent need for improvement of control systems, communications, intelligence, logistics, and military medicine." The Minister drew attention to the interest of the Ukrainian side in the expansion of Ukrainian-American cooperation in these areas and the capture means effective to counteract not only the mortar attacks, but attacks and rocket launchers, which are actively used by terrorists ", - informs the press service of the Ministry of defence. Kiev incessantly asks Washington for military aid. First, the U.S. administration announced that it is considering assistance to Kiev lethal " weapons, but then did not want the idea. The Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously stated that, according to Russian sources, weapons Kyiv is supplied, the American side denies this. Total U.S. military aid to Kyiv, including armored vehicles and anti-artillery radar, already amounted to about 200 million dollars.