McCain was part of a delegation of U.S. senators that met Saturday with senior Ukrainian officials, including President Petro Poroshenko, after visiting troops and volunteers working on the front line.
The U.S. Senate this week approved a bill that includes provisions to supply Ukraine with $300 million worth of defensive military equipment. Approval from Congress and the White House is still pending.
European countries have favored a diplomatic settlement as a way out of the conflict.
Russia condemns U.S. military aid to Ukraine and says it will foment instability.
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Poroshenko tells U.S. senators: Russia uses Ukraine as test range for advanced arms...
ReplyDeleteRussia uses Ukraine as a testing range for advanced arms, and Ukraine has got only obsolete weapons to defend itself, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting with a delegation of U.S. senators led by John McCain on Saturday.
"We are fighting with weapons of the 20th century against weapons of the 21st century, because Russia supplies state-of-the-art armament to Donbas, using Ukraine as a testing range for its new samples of weaponry," he said, according to the presidential administration's press service.
The Ukrainian president briefed the U.S. senators about recent developments in eastern Ukraine, noting that Russian-backed militants do not observe the Minsk peace agreements, which leads to escalation in the conflict zone.
Poroshenko stressed that Ukraine had managed to build a strong army with high morale.
The Ukrainian leader thanked the U.S. for its strong position and support of Ukraine going through trying times, and noted the importance of Ukrainian-U.S. joint exercises........http://www.unian.info/politics/1091821-poroshenko-tells-us-senators-russia-uses-ukraine-as-test-range-for-advanced-arms.html
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