Senior advisers to US President Donald Trump have decided to present him with a new plan to finance and sell more weapons to Ukraine, in an attempt to counter what they call Russian aggression in the region, a report says.
Citing a US State Department official, ABC News reported on Friday that White House National Security Council (NSC) decided during a meeting on Tuesday to approve the presentation of a $47 million grant package that would supply Ukraine with high-tech weaponry.
“We have no announcement at this time,” ABC quoted the sources as saying.
Both the president and Congress must approve such a sale to the government in Kiev.
A former adviser to Trump, however, told ABC that arming Ukraine would not only inflame tensions in the region, but worsen ties between Washington and Moscow.
Russia has repeatedly warned Washington against supplying Kiev with such weapons, arguing that the move could seriously affect the balance of…