Poroshenko: Ukraine will receive non-lethal weapons from North America and other countries

Ukraine will receive non-lethal Weapons from North America And several other countries, which will help the country to strengthen its defense, said the Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko.

The Ukrainian authorities before many times stated on the supply of weapons from abroad, But prospective suppliers refuted these messages. Last week Poroshenko has visited the USA, where also asked about the supply of arms. International Committee of the U.S. Senate then blesed the draft law on the allocation of Ukraine military assistance to 350 billion dollars in 2105 year (including anti-tank Weapons And unmanned aerial vehicles) And about the status of a " key ally the United States outside NATO." However, the bill until not adopted by Parliament.

" We have to get And got everything we need: intelligence, radar, Supervisory And other defence equipment, which will enable dozens of times to increase the effectiveness of our weapons, to modernize it, to do everything in their power to ensure the effectiveness of the use of our weapons was much better, And it will be not only from the United States, " said Poroshenko in an interview to Ukrainian TV channels on Sunday night.

" Whether it (the Weapon) lethal? No. But it Is defense. And will defend it, " he added.

Poroshenko also told that the American leader assured him already quite high, the status of relations between Ukraine And the United States, in the light of which Kyiv is no need for a special status of the American partner." Listen, please, the words of the U.S. President at the meeting with me, he said that Ukraine has the highest status defense cooperation with the United States among all countries not members of NATO, " said the head.

Western countries have already put Ukraine military equipment. So, in the last month of summer Ukrainian border guards received from Canada 32 tons of military equipment price of $ 5 million. In early July, the head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov distributed flak jackets And helmets standard NATO fighters of machardie. The United States has provided 300 thousand sets of dry rations, barbed wire And field-glasses, and later decided to allocate $ 7 million for tents, heaters And other equipment.

Weapons non-lethal actions include, for example, traumatic, sound, stun, microwave And thermal Weapons, water cannons And tear gas.


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