The Trump administration will provide the Ukrainian military with “enhanced defensive capabilities” at a time of intensifying fighting with Russian-backed forces in the country’s eastern provinces, reversing an Obama-era policy and threatening to escalate the four-year-old conflict.
Financial Times: Trump to send weapons to Ukrainian military
U.S. President Donald Trump, surrounded by military officials and members of Congress, including Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L), signs H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, Dec. 12, 2017.
