Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says his country would like Canada to provide it with defensive weapons, a need he cites just as a U.S. aid package containing such assets is reportedly making its way to Congress and the White House for approval, according to The Globe and Mail.
The issue of U.S. supplies to Ukraine of Javelin anti-tank missile systems was not on the agenda of the meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, said in an interview with Fox News.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak says that since the beginning of the Russian aggression, Ukraine has appealed to different countries regarding the provision of defensive weapons to the Ukrainian army, and is now waiting for the relevant decisions by foreign governments.
United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker stresses that there are more Russian tanks in the occupied areas in Ukraine than West European countries have all together, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).