USA to Supply Military weapons to Ukraine

Ukraine Dec 24: In a Move, to combat Russia, the United States has decided to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine to help it fight Russian-backed separatists.

Sources said that "The US was going to provide Ukraine with "enhanced defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help Ukraine build its long-term defense capacity, to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to deter further aggression."

The weapons include American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles.Earlier the Ukraine government has sought support from the US government to help in fighting the Russian backed separtists as these forces have killed more than 10,000 people since April 2014.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov had said that "The US decision to supply Ukraine with anti-tank weapons meant that the United States "is clearly pushing [Ukraine] to new bloodshed".