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2 of February, 06:48

Report: White house is obliged to provide Ukraine direct military aid
Dmitry Zlatarev. American specialists from a number of former commissioners of the US administration made a proposal to the White house to begin direct military assistance to Ukraine. About it they told in the report that is required to be shown on the first day of the week, but in the Internet appeared already at the present time.

"The West must strengthen (process) containment in Ukraine by increasing risks and rates for the Russian Federation in case of renewal of any large - scale offensive actions," the report said three of the American political science centres - the Atlantic Council of the Institute name of the Brookings institution and the Chicago Council on international vzaimootnosheniam.

The authors believe That " this involves providing direct military assistance to Ukraine ". Moreover, in their vision, it should be much higher volumes than at present, and contain lethal defensive weapons ".

The authors of the report are convinced That Ukraine will be able to better protect themselves."

"The American government is obliged to provide Ukraine with $ 1 billion as soon as possible in 2015 and to implement the additional tranches of 1 billion dollars in 2016 and 2017 financial years," the report said.

Among the authors of the document " the Preservation of Ukrainian independence, the confrontation of Russian aggression. That must make US and NATO, a former Commissioner of the United States to NATO Ivo Daalder, a former Deputy Minister of defense Michele Flournoy, former Deputy Secretary of state strobe Talbott, former U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine Steven Pifer and Jan Herbst and former Deputy head of the joint command of NATO in the European Union James Stavridis.

print edition on the first day of the week wrote That North America considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine weapons. According to her, commander of NATO in the European Union Philip Breedlove and certain officials in the White house and Pentagon support delivery Kyiv " weapons for defense.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and Among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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