Former NATO Secretary General, Advisor to the President of Ukraine Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes that the West will give Ukraine lethal weapons if Russia will be “to destabilize Eastern Ukraine”.
Earlier, adviser to the Minister of internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryan Shkiriak said that the United States can provide lethal weapons to Kiev in case of victory on forthcoming presidential election of the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called on representatives of the Ukrainian Diaspora to contribute to the organization of the supply of weapons to the country.
“Ukraine is not a member of NATO, so the Alliance has no obligations to Ukraine. However, if Russia will fulfill the Minsk agreement if it continues to destabilize Eastern Ukraine, I think the time will come for the West and for NATO to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons. And then the Ukrainian military will be able to better defend itself against Russian aggression,” Rasmussen said in an interview with “Apostrophe”, released on Sunday.
He also noted that the Armed forces of Ukraine did a great job of strengthening our defence capability.
Moscow has repeatedly warned against plans arms deliveries to Ukraine, because this step will only lead to the escalation of the conflict in the Donbass. Against arms shipments to Ukraine voted most European politicians. So, the foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said earlier that the supply of weapons to Ukraine are very risky and counterproductive way out of the crisis. The Chairman of the NATO military Committee Petr Pavel said that he sees no need to supply lethal weapons to Kiev, because it “will only increase the suffering of the people.”
