The U.S. defense Department is preparing to send to Ukraine a radar station long-range detection, the Proposal is required to approve the White house, the print Edition of the wall Street Journal citing commissioners of the Ministry of defence.

"The proposal still requires approval from the White house, which is considering a package of non-lethal assistance to Ukraine. However, the discussions take place at the same time with the increasing pressure on Washington in order to better provide assistance to Kiev to fight the Russian aggression ", - reported in the publication material.

As the magazine stresses, "new radar" should help Kiev in the battle with artillery guns that use the militia.

the journal emphasizes that the administration of U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama still opposes providing Ukraine with military aid." However, senior administration Authorized to announce that this radar early warning is not seen As offensive or lethal (weapons) and may correspond to the current policy on Ukraine ", - writes the magazine.

the head of the Ministry of defense Ashton Carter at the hearings in the Senate in early July said that North America are considering options of providing military assistance to Ukraine, but until then, haven't decided yet. The question of military aid raised the head of the Department of military power John Sidney McCain, who asked the Minister remains whether he is inclined " to support and arm the Ukraine ".

Ukrainian authorities and Western countries have repeatedly accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs. Russia denies it and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

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