NATO to give Ukraine 15mn euros and military supplies to continue mass slaughter of innocent civilians

RT
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:38 UTC

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Ukraine's Puppet President Petro Poroshenko (L) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATO has pledged some 15 million euros to Ukraine, with several of the bloc's member states pledging separate bilateral support and military cooperation, involving medical supplies as well as lethal and nonlethal military equipment.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced a "comprehensive and tailored package of measures" including the donation of 15 million euros "through NATO" at a joint news conference with the Ukrainian president on Thursday on the first day of the NATO summit in Wales.

He said that this would be in addition to other measures such as advising Ukraine on defense reforms and further bilateral aid.

"This is about improvement of logistics, the improvement of command and control, the improvement of communications, and cyber defense," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

He added that bilateral aid would include the provision of "high precision weapons" as well as medical equipment.

Poroshenko made careful statements regarding Ukraine's potential induction into NATO, saying that membership criteria need to be met first.

"The new parliamentary election will help us a lot to accelerate the reform process," Poroshenko said, adding that the most significant reforms to be made would be to the economy, and ensuring the rule of law and anti-corruption.

He said that he had some optimism for Friday's peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, after which a ceasefire is expected to commence.

Rasmussen expressed caution: "If recent statements from President Putin represent a genuine effort to find a political solution, I would welcome it," Rasmussen told reporters. He said that recent offers had been a "smokescreen" for further destabilization on the ground.

Comment: This move is simply an overture to attempts to establish NATO bases in Ukraine, right next to Russia's border. That idea is as insane as it is delusional because no Russian leader could allow it. For Russia, allowing NATO bases in Ukraine is like having a gun pointed to your head and pretending it is alright. It is something that could very easily lead to WWIII.