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U.S. not decided yet whether to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons

U.S. not decided yet whether to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons

The U.S. has not decided yet on the delivery of lethal weapons to Ukraine, a senior U.S. State Department official has said.

"So on the Ukraine question, what I would say – President Poroshenko’s conversations when he was here in D.C. covered the full range of U.S.-Ukraine security cooperation. So that – Ukraine’s desires are well known, and our position continues that we have not yet taken a decision to do that, the official [identified as "Senior State Department Official One"] said at a briefing on Wednesday ahead of the U.S. Secretary of State's visit to Kyiv on July 9.

At the same time, a high-ranking diplomat said: "We have neither ruled out providing such weapons to Ukraine nor have we taken any decision to do so."

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