![Poroshenko urges US to provide Ukraine with ‘lethal military equipment’ Poroshenko urges US to provide Ukraine with ‘lethal military equipment’](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/poroshenko.si_-310x168.jpg)
President Petro Poroshenko has requested NATO give “special” security status to Ukraine. Addressing the US Congress, he called on Washington to provide Kiev with “more military equipment, lethal and non-lethal” to “keep peace” in the east of his country.
While President Barack Obama previously pledged only non-lethal assistance to Kiev, such as bullet-proof vests and helmets, Poroshenko said this would not be enough.