Plans for the capital of the United States do not provide for placement within Ukraine anti-tank systems of defence (ABM) of the USA, emphasized Deputy head of the press service of the state Department Marie Harf.
"I'm not quite sure what they say" - quoted comment Harf on Turchynov's statements to the news Agency. In her expressions, the USA did not make Ukraine proposals to adopt any elements of a missile defense system. On Wednesday, the Secretary of Council of national security and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that Kiev can hold meetings on the installation within the country's anti-missile system for protection against nuclear dangers from Russia.
The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov later said that the statements of the Kiev authorities about the possibility of deploying missile defense elements in Ukraine is absolutely useless and are hot air. The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow will accept the placing of the ABM of the USA in Ukraine is negative, it will be dangerous Russia. However, NATO said that the defense system of the Commonwealth is for protection only member countries of the Commonwealth. Recall, Ukraine last year is talking about nuclear weapons. So, in September 2014, the then head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Valeriy geletey said that Kiev is ready to return to the issue of restoration of nuclear status, if the West will not help him win in an armed conflict in the Donbass. Thus geletey said that Russia lost Ukraine hybrid war " and " unofficial channels threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons ". Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, commenting on this message, wrote: "About a monkey with a grenade I've heard. But About a monkey who dreams about nuclear grenade, you hear the first time." In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation also explained the letter to the Ukrainian Minister, noting that " the adequacy of the head of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine - the subject of research by the experts in the military field ". For his part, Head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that the message of the Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov on the need to deploy additional missile defense system for defense against Russia " confirms that the missile defense system in the European Union is designed to compensate for the Russian nuclear potential.

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