The freelance adviser to the President of Ukraine and former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes that NATO can provide Ukraine with defensive lethal weapons. He said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

"I am convinced that now is the time for the NATO allies, and especially for the United States, to provide Ukraine with defensive lethal weapons. This will be an effect of deterrence against the armed forces that Russia supports, "Rasmussen said..

He stressed that he defends the position of relative that the United States should grant Ukraine a special status.

"The so-called (status, - ed) of the main ally (MNNA) outside NATO members. This will not provide security guarantees for Ukraine, but it will provide potential access to certain types of weapons, and, most importantly, it will become a powerful signal to Russia about Washington's obligations towards Ukraine, "the former NATO Secretary General said..

September 4, 2016 Rasmussen said that the West and NATO can provide Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons if Russia does not comply with the Minsk agreements.