However, it will take time to equip the Armed Forces with Western equipment to train Ukrainian soldiers abroad.
Some allies of Ukraine in the West are ready to help it move from old Soviet weapons to more modern NATO equipment in the midst of the war with Russia, given the prospect that the bloodshed could drag on for months or even years.
Until now, countries have refused to supply advanced weapons to avoid the need to train the Ukrainian army to use them. But at some point, NATO's eastern allies will run out of Soviet equipment, Bloomberg reports. Slovakia transferred S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine. Instead, it will receive Patriot missiles from the United States. Some allies may begin training Ukrainian soldiers outside the country to support and use advanced weapons. Sources informed about the discussions between the G7 and NATO countries told the publication about it. The goal is to help Ukraine gradually move to Western defense alliance standards. Meanwhile, NATO members are trying to provide the Ukrainian army with other weapons to help it contain the Russian offensive in the east.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who met with NATO leaders in Brussels, thanked allies for providing weapons. However, he complained that they had been thinking for too long about what to send to Ukraine. And at this time the war continued. Kyiv insists it needs air defense systems, armored vehicles and tanks. Kuleba also said that in the first week of the war he asked one of the countries to provide “certain advanced weapons.” But the Ukrainian minister was refused, explaining that he would have to train the Ukrainian military for at least two months.
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” If they had agreed to give us these weapons in the beginning, our people would have almost finished training. And we would get the necessary equipment in a week or two, “Kuleba said, without specifying what kind of weapon it was.
During the meeting with NATO, Kuleba also stressed the importance of the partners starting to think longer-term and start sending more modern defense systems to Ukraine, as well as planning exercises. British Foreign Secretary Liz Trass told reporters that the Allies had agreed to provide the Ukrainian army with newer and heavier equipment.
“We have agreed to help Ukrainian forces move from Soviet weapons to NATO-level equipment on a bilateral basis,” she said. The Secretary General of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, also confirmed that the Allies will send both Soviet and more modern weapons. Ukraine needs unlimited military assistance, as the Ukrainian army has been resisting the Russian occupiers in unequal conditions for a month.
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