Ukraine's defense minister called on Dec. 12 for a doubling of the military budget next year to allow the army to buy weapons abroad and better equip itself to fight Russian-backed separatists in the east.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Ukraine defense chief wants budget doubled to fight separatists
An armed supporter of the self-proclaimed \"People's Republic of Donetsk\" stands gurad as a Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for residents of the Eastern Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast approaches the city of Makiyivka near Donetsk, on Dec. 12, 2014.
