Media: U.S. weapons will not help Kiev to compete with Russia
Allocated by the U.S. Congress 350 million dollars on American weapons for Kiev, not enough to cross the difference between the military capabilities of Ukraine and Russia, according to Forbes Journalist mark Adomanis.
Despite the truce in the Donbas and in Lugansk, from North America require additional assistance Kiev military, writes Adomanis. Senators Menendez and Corker showed to Congress a draft law, according to which the Russian Federation will impose additional punishment, and to help Ukraine will come " not so insignificant number of lethal weapons effects, " reports RT. For example, anti-tank weapons, group weapons and ammunition, protivoallergennye radar systems, fire control, viewfinders and other military equipment. The reporter stressed that to implement the bill in life Senators reserved 350 million dollars in 2015. Taking into account the internal mood, hardly anyone of the senators will oppose the adoption of this project, the Journalist writes. In practice, all in the capital of the US - Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives agree that North America must help Ukraine. Opponents of the law have the opportunity to accuse the support of Russian aggression, so the easiest senators will unanimously vote for the adoption of the law. The problem is, believes Adomanis that the adoption of this law is nothing decides. The military support offered by Senators, will not close the enormous gap in military capabilities of Russia and Ukraine ". It is clear that assistance in the amount of 350 million dollars looks miserable, given that the Russian Federation spends on defense for 80 million dollars more than Ukraine. It seems that Moscow is ready to go almost anything to achieve their goals in Ukraine, and it would be naive to assume that the Kremlin is so easy to convince, says the Journalist. Adomanis characterizes bill Corker and Menendez as " lack of policy " regarding Ukraine. Demonstration of such a position will be valued position in the United States, and both senators, most likely, " earn applause " for their " steadfastness in the face of Russian aggression ". In reality, says the Journalist, the Russian army will continue to exceed the Ukrainian, as long as the United States will not be willing to spend a more significant amount to help Kiev." The current conflict has no military exit, there is only political and diplomatic methods of varying degrees of difficulty and aversion. If you pretend that a military solution to the conflict still exists, as do the Senators Corker and men?ndez, it will only prolong the conflict, " says Adomanis. We emphasize that above the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has asked the U.S. Congress to help Ukraine weapon, however, the head of Barack Obama has not responded to this request. It was also noted that Ukraine will sell abroad outdated weapons systems, and used the money to purchase modern foreign samples. In addition, the head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Valeriy geletey said that NATO countries began supplying arms to Kiev.
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