Director of National intelligence James Clapper said that the delivery American lethal weapons on Ukraine will cause a negative reaction from Russia.

"personal position of raspadaemosti is that if we (USA) will provide lethal weapons Ukraine, it will lead to a negative reaction from the President and Citizens of the Russian Federation ", - he said, speaking on Thursday at a meeting of the Senate of the United States Department of arms.

first, a number of members of the US administration and of the specialists said arms deliveries to the Ukraine, the other part was Against it. USA Ukraine have military support, however, report that it is "non-lethal" nature. Anyway, head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin said before, that, according to Russian sources, the American weapons on Ukraine already supplied. The US deny it.

Moscow had warned against plans arms deliveries to Ukraine, because this step will only lead to the escalation of the conflict. Against arms shipments to Ukraine expressed the overwhelming majority of European politicians. So, Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that arms deliveries to Ukraine is very risky and counterproductive way out of the fall.

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