ambassador to NATO, at the request of Russia, Germany, and France, who wanted a direct American counterpart with whom they could negotiate peace talks. In July, the Trump administration appointed Volker, who served in the George W. More than 10,000 people have been killed since the start of the conflict four years ago, but the battlefield's lines have been frozen for years now, with a diplomatic solution still out of reach. Ukraine loses a soldier every three days, Volker said Monday. That could be in part because, 'the prospect for increasing the conflict is just too costly for Russia even if you are talking about asymmetric warfare,' according to Volker.įighting in Ukraine rages on with multiple ceasefire violations and some fatalities each week, according to monitoring groups with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OECD. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said then that the sale 'will once again motivate the hotheads' in the Ukrainian government and 'unleash bloodshed again.'īut since then, there has not been a major escalation in the conflict, despite concerns about Russian retaliation.

'American weapons can lead to new victims in our neighboring country, to which we cannot remain indifferent.'Ī US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company launches an FMG-148 Javelin anti-tank missile at Mirage patrol base, Musa Qala District, Helmand province on February 8, 2011. 'The United States in a certain sense crossed the line, announcing the intention to transfer weapons of direct damaging action to Ukraine,' the statement said, translated from Russian. Russia has not yet commented on the official notification, but Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, responded harshly in December when news of the sale first broke. personnel will travel to Ukraine to train their military on its use, the agency added. 'The Javelin system will help Ukraine build its long-term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements,' the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement Thursday. Rapid Trident-2017 involves approximately 1,800 personnel from 14 nations, including Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Italy, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Ukrainian soldiers take part in the 'Rapid Trident-2017' international military exercises at the Yavoriv shooting range not far from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Sept.

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