Ukraine Argues For US Weapons As Nancy Pelosi Leads Congressional Delegation To Kiev

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) -- Ukrainian security officials have renewed their request for U.S. weapons while meeting with a visiting congressional delegation headed by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.

The United States has provided training and nonlethal aid to Ukraine, but has stopped short of supplying any offensive weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces for their fight against Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country.

The head of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Oleksandr Turchynov, stressed during Wednesday's meeting that "only a strong Ukrainian army armed with modern weapons can stop the aggressor and be an influential factor for peace and stability in Europe," according to a statement released by the council.

It quoted Pelosi saying in response that the U.S. was ready to support Ukraine. There was no specific mention of weapons.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/05/ukraine-argues-for-us-weapons-as-nancy-pelosi-leads-congressional-delegation-to/

[snappyturtle]

1. Go on vacation Nancy, after all it's August. nt

[uhnope]

2. Obviously Ukraine should have militarized its border long ago against Russian invasion

and it looks like that's what they will continue to have to do while the fascist Putin is in power and wants to invade and occupy any part of Europe that has "ethnic Russians" in it.

[doxyluv13]

3. With the Poro/Yats govt looking shaky, I'd say it's less and less likely

…they'll give them serious weapons which the far Right Militias might inherit.

[elias49]

4. Pelosi - losing it

Probably chastised after the dust-up with the CIA and memos.
She's turned stupid. "Let's go to war"

[Nihil]

5. Traditional holiday job for US & UK politicians ...

... salesman/saleswomen for the arms dealers who pay their "term-time" salaries
and ensure that there are comfortable "pensions" for when they leave politics.

(c.f., Bush, Clinton, Blair, ...)