Ukraine will be buying arms from the UAE

Ukrainian government has approved a draft agreement with the government of the United Arab Emirates on military-technical cooperation, the Ukrainian political weekly Novoe Vremya has reported.

Counselor of Ukrainian Interior Minister Anton Herashchenko wrote on his Facebook page:  

“Arabs, unlike Europeans and Americans, do not fear Putin’s threats of launching the Third World War in case Ukraine is supplied with arms and military equipment. They must owe Russia a grudge over almost double oil price drop and the global instability, hindering long-time development of the UAE. Thus, this will be small revenge on their part”.

On February 23 Russian President Vladimir Putin in his interview told the journalist of the federal TV that war in Ukraine should not be expected. “In my opinion such an Apocalyptic scenario is hardly possible”, — said he.

EU countries refused to supply armaments to Ukraine, and American government is still considering this issue. On February 21 US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that President of the USA Barack Obama will make a decision in regard to provision of aid to Ukraine in the form of armaments in the nearest future. On February 17 Kiev was reported to have sent a list of the military equipment in needed to Washington.