The United States has approved the sale by U.S. manufacturers of lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed this week that Congress was notified of the matter on December 13.
The legal framework for U.S. manufacturers to sell arms to Ukraine has existed since the Obama administration, Nauert said.
Nauert noted in remarks to reporters Wednesday that the government itself was not supplying weapons to Ukraine, but only allowing U.S. weapons manufacturers to do so.
The export license covers such weapons as semiautomatic and automatic firearms, the Reuters news agency reported. It includes combat shotguns, silencers, military scopes, flash …read more
Source: Voice of America
