"Ukraine deserves Western military support"

"Ukraine deserves Western military support"

KIEV -- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin says his country deserves military support from the West to combat militias of self-proclaimed people's republics.

"I believe it is logical to extend the technical and military assistance to Ukraine in its fight against terrorism, as was done in Iraq," said he, according to the news agency Itar-Tass.

Klimkin added that Ukraine "needs support in the political, economic, and public sphere."

"We need the equivalent of the Marshall Plan. After World War II, the United States played a key role in the implementation of the Marshall Plan. These days, Germany could take over such a historic mission," concluded Klimkin.

The Ukrainian official spoke ahead of the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Kiev on August 23.