Volodymyr Handogiy, until today Ukraine's acting foreign minister, said he has no formal confirmation that U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow talked about a possible deployment of radars in Ukraine as part of the new missile defense architecture in Europe.
“The Foreign Ministry has no formal information concerning
Vershbow’s statement,” Handogiy told Interfax in Chisinau, which is
hosting the CIS summit, on Friday.
U.S. media outlets said earlier, citing U.S. Deputy Defense
Secretary Alexander Vershbow that he added Ukraine to the list of
possible sites for deploying missile attack early warning radars.
Vershbow reportedly said that Ukrainian officials appeared interested.
It is unclear from these reports whether Vershbow’s position on Ukraine
reflects the official stance of the Barack Obama administration or is
his personal opinion.
