Ukrainian SOF conduct visit, board, search and seizure training in the Black Sea with U.S. SOF, July 19, 2017 during exercise Sea Breeze. Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted multinational maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and is designed to enhance interoperability of participating nations and strengthen maritime security within the region.
Defense News: Ukraine could get new, deadlier missiles, thanks to Congress
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress is poised to allow the sale of coastal defense and anti-ship weapons as part of future security assistance packages to Ukraine, through the 2020 defense policy bill.
The National Defense Authorization Act passed the House this week and is expected to be passed in the Senate next week; President Donald Trump has already announced he will sign the sweeping policy bill.
The change comes as U.S. military aid is at the center of impeachment proceedings playing out against Trump in Washington. The impeachment has dragged Ukraine into the spotlight at a time the European nation continues to struggle with ongoing military activities from Russia.
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WNU editor: Aside from all the rhetoric coming from Washington on this sale of anti-ship missiles, these weapons will not bring peace or stability to Ukraine, and it will not certainly not resolve the bitter ethnic divisions that exist in that country.
