Ukraine needs weapons only for defense. This opinion was expressed on Wednesday evening, January 3, at the joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin.

According to him, Ukraine intends to use weapons that it receives from the United States of America only in case of provocations by Russia and the militants. At the same time, the head of the Ukrainian diplomatic department added that the weapons would not contribute to the escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, Klimkin told his colleague from Germany that the situation in the area of ??the anti-terrorist operation in the Donbass is currently tense.

There is no real ceasefire. Only in recent days we have had more than 60 shelling, more than a third of them - from banned weapons, "the minister explained..