US To Announce More Weapons Deliveries To Ukraine In Couple Of Months - Volker

US to Announce More Weapons Deliveries to Ukraine in Couple of Months - Volker

The United States will make announcements and will notify Congress of possible additional weapons deliveries to Ukraine in the coming months, US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th December, 2018) The United States will make announcements and will notify Congress of possible additional weapons deliveries to Ukraine in the coming months, US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said on Monday.

"There will be some announcements, notifications to Congress, coming up in the next couple of months," Volker told reporters during a telephone conference.

Volker also said the United States is considering the first tranches of a financing package for Ukraine "as we see what Ukraine's needs are and how we can provide some assistance."

In 2017, Trump administration approved weapons deliveries to Ukraine, including Javelin portable anti-tank missile systems. The previous Obama administration did not do so despite Ukraine's repeated requests for armaments from the United States.

Russia has repeatedly warned against supplying weapons to Ukraine, saying such actions would result in escalating the military conflict in the country's eastern Donbas region. This stance has also been supported by a number of European officials.