Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that Kiev authorities are working on a contract for the purchase of "large batch" of lethal weapons from the U.S. capital. About it informs " UKRINFORM ". According to the policy, the contract will have the opportunity to sign before the end of the year. Chaly said this was possible because of " trust in Ukraine, which was not even in 2015 ", and changes in the Ukrainian legislation. The Ambassador also said that North America is a strategic partner of Ukraine. According to his statement, 92 percent received the Kiev authorities in the last four years of military-technical assistance fall on the capital of the United States. in 2017, Washington is blessed arms supplies to Kiev, and among them a portable anti-tank missile systems Javelin. In addition, American authorities allowed the sale of Ukraine anti-ship missiles and means of the coast guard. the Russian authorities many times warned against supplies to Ukraine weapons. In the capital of Russia noted that the move will lead to escalation of the confrontation in the Donbass. Press Secretary of Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that deliveries of weapons to Ukraine from the outside will prevent the implementation of the Minsk agreements. Against the sale of weapons to Ukraine were Also expressed by the majority of European politicians who have called for arms supplies to Kiev risky way out of the fall. <span style="color:darkgray