26/11/2014 09:44
US provides only non-lethal aid to Ukraine - Defense Department
The Unites States provides exclusively non-lethal assistance to Ukraine, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby has stressed, according to Sputnik.
"Nothing has changed about the non-lethal assistance that we continue to flow to Ukrainian armed forces and security forces," Kirby told reporters Monday.
When asked to confirm that the US Department of Defense has made no decision on providing lethal aid to Ukraine, Kirby replied that the United States "continue[s] to focus on non-lethal assistance to Ukraine."
Last Friday, US Senator John McCain told Sputnik that the newly-elected US Congress will pass resolutions and apply pressure on US President Barack Obama to provide Ukraine with lethal military assistance.
Also on Friday, US State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke announced that lethal assistance to Ukraine "remains an option.”