President Barack Obama is concerned that the provision of weapons can exacerbate the crisis in Ukraine , photo:
The Ukrainian military rearmament representatives voted as the two main political forces in the country, who sit in the lower house of the US Congress.
According to the Congressmen, the supply of arms from the United States will strengthen the ability of Ukraine to defend the sovereign territory against the “unprovoked and ongoing aggression of the Russian Federation”.
Barack Obama so far is based on pressure from Congress, many experts and even members of his own administration. The US president is afraid because that arms supplies to Ukraine will exacerbation of the conflict. Before making a final decision the White House wants to check whether the parties to the conflict to respect the peace agreement with Minsk.
So far the US has offered military assistance Kyiv with a total value of $ 120 million. It includes, among others, drones, communications systems, artillery reconnaissance radars, night vision, as well as 230 Humvee military vehicles.
Last week, the Pentagon announced that the US military will begin in the second half of April the training of soldiers belonging to the six companies of the Ukrainian National Guard to strengthen their capacity in the fight against pro-Russian rebellion in the east of the country.
As provided in the February 12 in Minsk peace agreements, to the east of Ukraine from February 15 ceasefire took effect. Then on both sides of the line struggles within 14 days had to be withdrawn heavy weapons and mapped buffer zone with a width of 50 to 70 km. This deadline was not met, but later informed the parties to the conflict to withdraw heavy weapons.
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