The West is not ready for a military resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, said on Tuesday in the U.S. capital, the head of the Council of Europe Donald Tusk.

The head of the Council of Europe is in the United States with a two-day visit.

at a press conference in the U.S. capital for Polish correspondents Tusk said that the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine, the United States is still a matter of debate in the United States, but all hope for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

"Absolutely no doubt that this issue is being discussed (in the US), but as long as everyone wants to defend dramatic developments. Still a glimmer of hope that the citizens of Russia will refrain from aggressive behavior, " said Tusk, whose words are quoted

According to the head of the European Council, " no one today is not ready to seek the solutions of a military nature ".

Tusk said that the EU "without a doubt, today there is no consensus about what should interfere militarily method" in Ukrainian conflict.

U.S. lawmakers have repeatedly demanded the President to allow delivery Ukraine deadly weapons. The white house in response to this informs that the issue is under consideration and a decision until not accepted. At the same time Washington has already Kiev sufficiently serious so-called non-lethal military aid.

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