The Secretary of defense Ashton Carter confirmed the assessment of the commander of Land forces of NATO in Europe, General Breedlove about the high probability of the training offensive by Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine, announced last week.

The head of the Pentagon said Wednesday during a hearing in the Senate on the defense budget of the USA in 2016, reports Censor.NET.With reference to UKRINFORM.

"General Breedlove rights. Really looks like that supported by Russia, openly supported by Russia, the separatists in Eastern Ukraine are preparing for the next round of hostilities, contrary to the Minsk agreements", - said Carter.

Answering the question about the willingness of the U.S. to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons, the Pentagon chief noted that the States support the Ukrainian military equipment of a defensive nature.

At the same time, he stressed that in parallel with the military support of Ukraine, at the current stage the greatest impact on Russia economic sanctions have combined with falling world oil prices. "This is what depletes Russia", - said the head of the Pentagon.

In this regard, Carter acknowledged that European sanctions have more weight" because Russia is largely associated in the trading plan with the European Union than from the USA.

"That's why we so strongly working with the Europeans led by Germany and commend the steadfastness of Germany in the introduction of these sanctions," - said the head of the defence Department of the USA.

Source: http://censor.net.ua/