Senator Rob Portman introduced in the U.S. Senate refinements in the military budget for 2016, which it recommended to understand the tactics of Russian troops and the militia of Donbass, and to provide assistance to Ukraine for 60 million dollars.
"The amendment provides for the granting Ukraine the main and need for self funding it has requested, including intelligence in real-time, anti-artillery radar, defensive lethal weapons, unmanned aerial devices, secure communication and training aimed at the development of key capabilities in operations, planning and support (troops) ", - is reported in the statement of the press service of Portman.
in addition, the Senator made another amendment to the military budget, demanding that the U.S. military and NATO to understand the tactics of "Russian troops" and militias, for example, in how the conflict in Ukraine could affect the production of American Abrams tanks, RIA " Novosti "." My second Amendment would enable us to draw lessons from the conflict and to explore their implications for US military power, " said Portman. He expressed the hope that the findings of the report will contribute to promote the use of Abrams tanks. These tanks are manufactured in Ohio, which is elected by Portman. The Russian defense Ministry on Thursday reiterated that in Ukraine there are no Russian regular troops. In addition, Senator Portman to allocate 371 million on the further development of the Stryker armored vehicles. According to the Senator, the lack of tanks USA in the EU " undermines the reputation of the USA in regard to respond to fresh challenges ". Now a number of American tanks " Abrams for the time set in the Baltic States, the other tanks USA were withdrawn from Europe by 2014.

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