Ukrainian gov't asks US for armament disposed after military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan
20 May 2014, 14:20 -- The self-appointed Ukrainian government has requested the US to extend the list of goods supplied for the Ukrainian armed forces. The Ukrainian government wants to receive armored vehicles, arms, body armors and special equipment for intelligence purposes, RIA Novosti says, citing Defense News newsweekly.
Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Leonid Polyakov told Defense News that Ukrainian soldiers would be simply killed if Ukraine starts a military conflict with Russia.
'Soldiers and law enforcers have inherited military technologies and arms that can be used only to protect the current Ukrainian government. However, they are useless for a full-scale military conflict,' Polyakov said.
'Some countries, like the US can provide Ukraine with military technologies in addition to those that Ukraine can by itself,' Polyakov said.
Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, said earlier that the US had already illegally provided Ukraine with $18 million in supplies that included medicine, helmets, systems for water purification, portable generators and fuel pumps.
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