Poroshenko: Ukraine still interested in lethal arms deliveries from West

"The second thing [after the extension and bolstering of sanctions against Russia], but no less important, is the provision of lethal weapons and other military technologies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces," Poroshenko said at a meeting with the Ukrainian community in New York. The Ukrainian army has proved over the past 30 months that it can be trusted, he said. "At the beginning of my presidential cadence our partners from the United States said that they have 100% information that 50% of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were corrupted and 50% are KGB agents," he said. Over the past two years Ukraine has built a new professional army that meets every necessary criterion, he said. "We have shown that Ukraine has never fought and will never fight aggressive wars. The Ukrainian side has never constituted any threat and it is absolutely safe to give us lethal weapons. We will fight for our land until the last drop of blood," Poroshenko said. The Ukrainian president said that the aggressor is unlikely to resort to an open invasion if the whole world, including the U.S., stands together with Ukraine.