LPR soldiers on the line of contact in the Luhansk regionLUHANSK, Jan 31The idea of Russian senators to supply weapons to Donbass is a symbolic gesture that can cool hot heads, the head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, told RIA Novosti. increasing their defense capability and deterring the military aggression that is being prepared by Kiev.Luhansk would be grateful for a decision on the supply of weapons, said the head of the LPR «For us, this is an important initiative, for which we are grateful to Andrey Turchak and other Russian legislators and politicians. This is a sincere symbolic gesture that not only shows that Russia will not leave us in difficult times, but even now is taking steps to cool the hotheads in Ukraine, who dream of «weapons of victory» and some kind of military superiority over the republics,» Pasechnik commented. NATO countries, led by the United States, have been supplying weapons since 2014 Ukraine and train its military, which directly violates the Minsk agreements and negatively affects the settlement in Donbass. In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia are involved in the supply of a total of billions of dollars. The United States has already transferred Javelin anti-tank missile systems, patrol boats, sniper rifles and counter-battery radar stations to Ukraine , Great Britain — NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers, Turkey — Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. Ukraine and the UK signed a memorandum that provides for the joint design and construction of warships on the territory of the two countries and the construction of two bases for the Ukrainian Navy. CIA-trained saboteurs will not allow Ukraine to return to peace
