US senators Rob Portman and Gene Shaheen have proposed an increase in military aid to Ukraine.
According to Politico, the senators have proposed an amendment to the US military budget, which envisages an increase in funding from the Pentagon for Ukraine's armament from 300m to 350m dollars.
According to Politico, 125m dollars of this amount will be used to buy lethal weapons to deter Russian aggression.
It is also known that the USA is negotiating with European allies to develop a new package of sanctions in case Russian troops invade Ukraine. In addition, lawmakers are trying to amend the wording of the sanctions to include them in the National Defense Authorization Act.
It also became known that Canada is considering strengthening its military mission in Ukraine amid a debate over whether additional NATO forces would help deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from further aggression in Ukraine. This was reported by The Globe and Mail, citing two unnamed sources, reports UNN.
"Two sources familiar with the discussions told the newspaper that newly appointed Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand is considering the deployment of hundreds of additional troops to support Canadian soldiers already in Ukraine on a training mission. Other options include deploying a warship to the Black Sea or redeploying some CF-18 fighter jets currently based in Romania," the report said.
The weekly notes that "any reinforcement will be a message to Putin who is beating the alarm for the second time this year, gathering troops and equipment near his country's borders with Ukraine.
As a reminder, not long ago, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, expressed his opinion that Russia is preparing to attack the country in late January or early February 2022.
On Friday, Ukraine's new defense minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, told The Washington Post that it is not yet known exactly whether Vladimir Putin has made a final decision on an offensive.
In early November, foreign media reported that the Russian military was pulling back to the border with Ukraine.
Earlier, France and Germany warned Russia against harming Ukraine's territorial integrity amid a large and unusual concentration of Russian troops on the country's borders.
