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The United States will assign about $10 million for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in 2009, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow said at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy on Tuesday. He said $7 million would be assigned for buying equipment and military hardware, and $1.77 million for training Ukrainian servicemen in the United States.

USA assigns about $10 mln for Ukrainian Defense Ministry in 2009