Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze met with the US Ambassador to the group of "strategic adviser" to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This is the same group, which actually directs the actions of the chief of the military department of Ukraine. And in this group carried out a strategic planning APU operations, as well as address issues of translation of the armed forces to "NATO standards".
At a meeting with US Representative Keith Dayton Klympush-Tsintsadze, in her own words, discussed the purchase in the United States the next batch of weapons for the needs of the Ukrainian army.
Deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers on European and Euro-Atlantic integration announced, Ukraine needs a "large-scale procurement of high-tech weapons in the US". In particular, Speaking of Kiev want to buy from the Americans the new party of anti-tank missiles Javelin.
Klympush-Tsintsadze reminded, Poroshenko recently signed into law, which provides for the purchase of weapons abroad without intermediaries.
Klimpuš-Tsintsadze:
Ukraine hopes to join the program "Foreign Military Financing". I hope, that a change in our legal cooperation with the US will become even stronger.
Recall, that several anti-tank systems have been put before Ukraine Javelin, which it was prohibited de jure used in the Donbas. but, on applications APU Command, the ATRA were used in eastern Ukraine for exercises.
