KIEV, Oct. 23 – United States President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill on the U.S. defense budget but this won't affect the country's assistance to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Embassy to the U.S. said.

"U.S. President Barack Obama has vetoed the bill on the budget in support of the U.S. national defense for 2016 (National Defense Authorization Act) due to a number of reasons not related to the volume of assistance to Ukraine, which is envisaged in this document," the Ukrainian Embassy said on its website.