The U.S. Defense Department and the Department of State plan to allocate $19 million to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability, according to Russian NTV Channel.

"The press secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, Rear Admiral John Kirby, said that the money would be spent on training and re-equipment of the National Guard of Ukraine. In particular, the U.S. military are going to train and equip four companies and one tactical headquarters of the Ukrainian National Guard," the statement reads.

If the U.S. Congress approves the proposed plan, Pentagon will begin retraining of the Ukrainian National Guard in 2015. The training center will be located at the international peacekeeping and security center in Yavoriv, Lviv region, the TV channel said.

The trainers would be provided by U.S. Army Europe and by the California National Guard, the channel quoted the Pentagon spokesman as saying.

Earlier reports said that Washington planned to provide some $8 million to the State Border Service of Ukraine for the purchase of engineering equipment and technology, the report says.