Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, called for the United States to increase financial and economic support. He requested the U.S provide 'real support' or the need to , "overhaul the Ukrainian military. We need to modernize our security and military forces." However, the U.S ambassador to Kiev released comments early Sunday morning stating that there was no military solution to the crisis, that Ukraine was "outgunned."
Republican congressmen in the U.S. have been calling for increasing pressure on Russia and the Crimea situation. Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker stated, "We are going to lose eastern Ukraine if we continue as we are going. Our foreign policy is always a day late and a dollar short."
Nato is expected to increase training exercises in Poland and Estonia over the next two weeks, with the deployment of 150 US soldiers.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/20/ukraine-pm-us-support-russia
Tess Godhardt
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