12 Sep 2015 11:30

Ukraine expects West to provide it with defensive weapons - Yatsenyuk

KYIV. Sept 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine needs the West's assistance in the form of defensive weapons, Ukraine Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk says.

"We expect that they will give us defensive weapons," Yatsenyuk said during the 12th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Saturday.

He pointed out that Ukraine had earlier asked for such assistance from its Western partners.