NATO Countries Have Supplied Weapons to Ukraine (Report)
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As the Russian military operation in Ukraine has neutralized most of the Ukrainian defense system, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, lamented that they have been left “on their own” despite the support of some nations. He now sees no guarantee of Ukraine finally joining NATO.
The Ukrainian president’s speech seems directed at the position taken by the United States and the European Union, since neither of the two has expressed any disposition to a military confrontation with Russia. Both the EU and the US, as well as the UK, have only limited their scope of action to the application of “tough sanctions.”
Nonetheless, a report issued by the Center for Eastern Studies shows that the United States and several NATO countries have been equipping the Ukrainian army militarily since 2014. Hence, despite not wanting to have a direct confrontation with Russia, both NATO and the US have influenced the outcome of the events in the Donbas, where thousands of civilians have been massacred since the aftermath of the Maidan Coup. This year weapons supply to Ukraine rose steadily.
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The United States, the United Kingdom, the Baltic states, the Czech Republic and Poland have all delivered arms and ammunition to Kiev free of charge. They also reinforced ground forces in the region. Countries on NATO’s eastern flank handed over new as well as post-Soviet military hardware and equipment to the Ukrainian armed forces.
The reestablishment of the Ukrainian navy has been carried out with the support of Turkey and the United Kingdom.
The arms deliveries and military aid by the United States to Ukraine can be listed as follows:
Additionally, European military assistance can be listed as follows:
In addition to the abovementioned weapons supply, Ukraine also bought other military equipment. Nonetheless, all the acquired and donated arms and equipment only have ground force properties and cannot contain the force of a military operation like the one Russia is currently carrying out. These was already known by all those countries that had supplied weapons to Ukraine.
Featured image: The United States delivered more than 200 tons of weapons to Ukraine in February this year. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
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