Volker: before the elections, the US will again arm Poroshenko
Special Representative of the State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker said that the United States will announce in the next few months the start of new arms deliveries to Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
He announced this on Monday, December 17, during a briefing for journalists, Voice of America reports.
“We have the opportunity to sell additional [military] equipment. Announcements will be made, Congress will be notified in the next couple of months about the first tranches,” Volcker said.
He also added that his visit to Moscow was planned in December, but due to the incident in the Kerch Strait, which occurred on November 25, and while Russia is holding Ukrainian sailors, the conditions for this visit do not exist now. Volker also recalled that due to the incident in the Sea of Azov, the meeting of US President Donald Trump with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Argentina was canceled.
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