MOSCOW — Ukraine moved one step closer to receiving lethal military aid from the U.S. after the Senate passed a $612 billion defense policy bill late Thursday that would allocate $300 million of military aid, including radars and antitank weapons, to the war-stricken country.
Kiev has said it desperately needs the arms for its forces, which have have seen disastrous losses in their fight against Russian-backed separatist rebels in Ukraine’s eastern regions since the war began in April 2014.
The Senate must reconcile its bill with the House bill, and then it will be up to U.S. President Barack Obama to sign …read more
Source: Mashable
