The Senate Armed Services Committee of the US Congress approved on Thursday the draft new US defense budget for fiscal 2016, which begins in the country on October 1. It provides for the allocation of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $ 300 million. The draft defense budget, which ...

  The US government is considering the supply of Javelin anti-tank missiles, small arms and ammunition to Ukraine as part of efforts to contain further aggression by Russian-backed separatists. The Wall Street Journal writes about this on Thursday. Citing unnamed American officials, the newspaper points out ...

  The United States believes that economic sanctions remain the best way to influence Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, and that supplying weapons to Kiev does not guarantee a solution to the problem. This was stated by Ben Rhodes, Deputy White House National Security Advisor. “We still believe ...