BRUSSELS, March 22 - The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, NATO's top military commander said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Officials in Washington have been discussing whether to send weapons to Ukraine's military to help them fight pro-Russian separatists who NATO says are armed and supported by Moscow.

"I do not think that any tool of U.S. or any other nation's power should necessarily be off the table," U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove told a Brussels conference when asked if he was in favor of sending defensive weapons to Ukraine.