Kiev makes a big bet on the delivery of weapons from the West, because the Military potential of the Ukrainian army in practice have been exhausted, And armed confrontation in the South-East of the country continues despite consensus about the truce - this opinion was expressed by experts in the course of the round table, held in MIA " Russia Today ".

first, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Saying the speech in the US Congress, addressed to the White house with a request to provide the Ukrainian army weapons, as well As among them lethal. Assistant Secretary of defense for international security Derek Scholli said that the authorities are working on the program, which may include the supply of arms to the Ukrainian government.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs reacted negatively to such statements. The official authorized by the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs Alexander Lukashevich said that the supply of U.S. arms Kiev would undermine the consensus on the resolution drop, in conflict with the basic principles associated with the talks in Minsk 5 and 19 September.


" Today the Ukrainian army has largely exhausted their potential military equipment, which she had. For this reason, the emphasis is on the fact that Ukraine will receive from West new weapons, " he said during the round table the head of the Academy of geopolitical issues Konstantin Sivkov.

He predicts that in the future the US will have the opportunity to go to the direct supply of arms to the area of Ukraine ".

" But to adapt to the Western management system military equipment of the Ukrainian military will have to undergo training, it will take several months to go on the Western technique. And this time in Kiev no, " He said.

Military expert Viktor Myasnikov believes that the military equipment of the Ukrainian army is in " poor condition ".

" To fight in practice nothing, and the Ukrainian army

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