The Armed Forces of Ukraine OPENED THE FIRE ON THE RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS OF THE YASINOVOY Today, on December 20, 2017, after 22:00, the AFU opened artillery fire in the direction of the settlement. Avdeevka-Yasinovataya. The enemy fired 16 shells with a caliber of 122 mm. As a result of a direct hit in the 102nd quarter, 10 square meters. 36 man was killed Saponov Yu.B. 1967 of the river. 103 quarter, 14 square. 41 - the man was wounded Mairir AS Born in 1953 - mine explosion of the right lower leg. On the street. Karl Marx, 66 direct hit - employees of the Ministry of Emergency Measures are trying to save a woman from under the rubble.
According to preliminary data there are still wounded. More than five buildings were damaged:
▶ block 102, 11 (near the house a gas pipe was damaged by a shelling, the heating main was damaged)
▶ block 102, 10, sq. M. 36;
▶ quarter 103, d. 14, ap. 41;
▶ quarter 103, d.14a (hit between 7th and 8th floors);
▶ ul. Karl Marx, 66
The White House approved the first supplies of lethal weapons to Ukraine
The first commercial license for the supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine issued by the US authorities. Kiev was allowed to buy a batch of self-loading large-caliber sniper rifles M107A1 for $ 41.5 million.
The administration of the US President Donald Trump approved the first ever commercial sale of American lethal weapons to Ukraine, writes The Washington Post referring to sources in the White House. The report emphasizes that weapons are defensive.
A commercial license was issued for the sale of weapons valued at $ 41.5 million. The permit was obtained for the supply of Ukraine with self-loading large-caliber sniper rifles M107A1, ammunition, as well as accompanying parts and accessories. The publication notes that the permission to supply heavy weapons, including portable antitank systems FGM-148 Javelin, was not given.
A representative of the US Department of State also confirmed TASS issuance of a commercial license to supply Kiev with lethal weapons produced by US companies.
The State Department issued a license for commercial exports to Ukraine of a limited number of small arms and light weapons of American manufacturers.
Representative of the US Department of State
Earlier on December 13, 2017, the Canadian government approved the supply of firearms to Ukraine. The next day, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement urging the leaders of the United States and Canada to think about personal responsibility, making a decision to supply arms to Ukraine. "It is absolutely clear that the pumping of Ukraine by American and Canadian means of war pushes its leadership, sabotaging the peaceful settlement of the confrontation in the east of the country, to new military adventures," says the statement of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova published on the ministry's website.
The administration of the previous US President Barack Obama refused to allow Kiev repeatedly to authorize the supply of weapons, while the Congress since the conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014 adopted several legislative acts authorizing the sale of weapons to Ukraine and providing it with military and technical assistance.
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