Warsaw - Kyiv, June 04 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - The United States will provide assistance to the Ukrainian authorities with body armor, night vision devices and communications to fight “pro-Russian militants” - for only $5 million, Barack Obama said at a meeting with Petro Poroshenko during meetings in Poland.
Until now, American aid to Kyiv has been limited only to food and medicine, Western media note.
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Obama emphasized that Moscow's further attempts to destabilize the situation in Ukraine will only lead to Russia's isolation and losses.
“The days of empires and spheres of influence are over,” Obama said, vowing that the United States would “never accept” the return of Crimea to Russia.