MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Washington has provided $245 million worth of security-related aid to Ukraine, US Ambassador in Kiev Geoffrey Pyatt said Tuesday.
"We do not believe there is a military solution to this conflict [in Ukraine], but we do believe Ukraine has a sovereign right to defend its own territory. That is the logic of our security sector assistance, which has now reached $245 million," Pyatt said in a telephone conference.
The United States has been providing Kiev with non-lethal military assistance since the conflict in Ukraine began last year.
In April 2015, the United States sent 300 troops to Ukraine to train the country’s National Guard.
Earlier this month, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said the Ukrainian military had requested additional security aid from Washington.