The Senate voted in favor of the US defence budget for 2018.
The President of Ukraine said that the draft defense budget approved in the United States, involves providing Kiev lethal weapons.
The U.S. Senate approved a draft defense budget for 2018, which allocated $ 500 million to support Ukraine in security and defense.
This was announced by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Twitter.
Also, according to the President, the draft law authorizes the granting Ukraine lethal weapons of a defensive character.
“For the first time at the legislative level it is proposed to provide Ukraine the following defensive tools: radar air defense and surveillance of the surface situation, the naval anti-mine vehicles, ships, coastal and shoreline protection”, − stated in the message Poroshenko.
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