The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that his country ought to put 1 240 thousand anti-tank missiles Javelin to deter aggression, as if Russia shows.
"We only need 1 240 thousand missiles Javelin, and rightly so," said Poroshenko, answering the question about the weapon, which ought Ukrainian army to deter further Russian aggression and it is under control of terrorists.
Poroshenko recalled that in 1994, according to the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine did not want 1 240 thousand nuclear warheads, and it is for this reason that this number has a special meaning." Ukraine voluntarily did not want its nuclear Arsenal, and in exchange for this is the United States of America and great Britain... Promised to guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity ", - said Poroshenko, reports UNIAN. At the same time he drew attention that " We do not require English, American or French soldiers came here and fought for us. We do this by their own efforts, paying a huge price - the lives of my soldiers. We need solidarity, " - said the head of Ukraine. In February hope to receive anti-tank missile systems Javelin portable anti-aircraft missile systems Stinger was expressed by the head adviser of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryan Shkiriak. Along with this, Poroshenko in April said that Ukraine is "very highly developed" state and does not need to supply the West of lethal weapons to stabilize the situation. In the same month, the American Ambassador in the capital of Russia John Tefft said that in the U.S. capital until now, no plans on sending to Ukraine Javelin anti-tank systems. On 10 July, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that Ukraine gets more lethal weapons than from ten different countries." No sovereign Ukraine can't ban. Another thing that is not common to announce the list of countries, but it is more than ten countries from Europe. We have different level of military-technical cooperation, and at this stage it is developing, " - said Chaly.

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