Western countries ought to think about supplying arms to Ukraine, says former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

"We have reached the stage where individual Countries should take measures to supply defensive weapons to the Ukrainian military to make them more than able (to military action - ed.)", - quotes Agency the words of Rasmussen.

according to him, if Russia continues to destabilize Ukraine, there will come a time when it needs to.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand people.

Kiev believes that the Russian Federation intervenes in the Affairs of Ukraine is a party to the conflict in the Donbas. Russia denies it and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

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