Ukrainian military instructor teaches Ukrainian soldier how to use M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (SMAW-D) grenade launcher supplied from USADONETSK , Feb. 3 The plenipotentiary of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in the contact group for resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the head of the DPR Foreign Ministry, Natalia Nikonorova, said that Kiev is pulling weapons received from the West to the Donbass. Ukraine is pulling more and more of the weapons it receives from Western countries to the line of contact with Donbass,» Nikonorova said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Since 2014, NATO countries led by the United States have been supplying weapons to Ukraine and training 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, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, and Estonia participate in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. The United States supplied Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missile systems, patrol boats, sniper rifles and counter-battery radar stations, Great Britain — NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers, Turkey — Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. Ukraine and the UK have 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. US military aid pushes Ukraine towards revanchism
