Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that any decision by the United States to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine would fuel the conflict in eastern Ukraine and possibly prompt pro-Russian separatists to expand their campaign there.On a visit to Kiev last month, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said he was actively reviewing sending lethal weapons to Ukraine to help it defend itself, an option that previous US president Barack Obama vetoed.Ukraine and Russia are at loggerheads over a war in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and government forces that has left more than 10,000 people dead in three years.Kiev accuses …read more
Source: Gulf times
