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24 of July, 23:31

Department of state: the U.S. has no additional plans to supply weapons to Ukraine
Dmitry Zlatarev. The U.S. has no additional plans to supply weapons to Ukraine, said on the last working day of the week the official authorized state Department mark Toner.

reporters asked him to comment appeared yesterday in the newspaper the wall Street Journal a publication about the plans of the capital of the United States to supply Kiev " the new radar station long range ".

"I don't have any ads on the issue of new equipment or new weapons. We focus on providing non-lethal assistance, and there are no plans to change this approach, " said Toner.

As argued in the wall Street Journal, the proposal is pending at the White house, to which pressure has been exerted to strengthen support for Kiev." Ukrainian officials requested the radar for a number of months and began after the break, their efforts before this month, when the army chief of staff U.S. army General Raymond Odierno was on a visit in Kiev ", - noted in the material.

according to the information of the newspaper, the Ministry of defense wishes to grant Ukraine the station long-range detection of modification AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37, the range of which varies from 24 to 50 kilometers. The newspaper's sources in the Ministry of war of the United States stated that the military is already looking for free station and plan to start organizing the submission process immediately after receiving the approval of the White house.

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