According to the Minister, defense assistance to Ukraine will grow and become historic.
The Ukrainian military has been mastering NATO equipment for some time. Defense aid to Ukraine will grow and become historic, but training and logistics will take some time, so Ukrainians should be prepared for heavy fighting at the front in the coming weeks . The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov announced this on his Facebook page on April 27.
In particular, he said that the Ukrainian military has been mastering weapons of NATO caliber and standards for some time, but this has not been announced before.
“We did not advertise this work to provide comfort to our partners. Now the training programs will be scaled up and extended even to those models of weapons and equipment for which Ukraine has no political decisions yet. When these decisions are made, which I personally have no doubt about, we will be ready. By the way, I already have an interesting experience. Our artillerymen, who were training on a 155-mm ACS at a test site in one of the countries, hit the target with the first shot. And then they helped foreign colleagues to improve the computer program that manages this ACS. Which made the appropriate impression. After all, our soldiers have the experience of war, real battles, where the price of error is life, ”the minister explained.
for the types of weapons that Ukraine is already receiving or will receive in the near future, and for all key weapons of the alliance.
“It's a strategic decision that has finally been made. In particular, we are already receiving 155-mm caliber artillery … Gradually, this will ensure full interoperability of the Ukrainian army with the armies of NATO countries. Which will be a significant strengthening of the Alliance's eastern flank. I will not hide – three months ago this task was considered almost impossible. But thanks to the courage and professionalism of Ukrainian soldiers, the resilience of the Ukrainian people, everything has changed, “said Oleksiy Reznikov
Also, according to the Minister, during the meeting at the Rammstein base, the Advisory Group on Defense of Ukraine was established, which will operate on a permanent basis and will meet on a monthly basis. According to him, this will unify the military aid that will come to Ukraine.
“A permanent mechanism will optimize and speed up important processes for obtaining weapons, improve logistics, ensure optimal coordination. For example, when decisions are made to provide Ukraine with one or another weapon, through coordination, weapons of the same type will come from different countries. Conditionally, several countries will provide 3-4 guns each, and in total Ukraine will receive an artillery division, “Reznikov said.
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Recall, last week Alexei Reznikov criticized the activities of the UN and the OSCE to resolve the situation in Ukraine . According to him, Russia, as a permanent member of the OSCE and with the right of veto in the UN Security Council, invaded the territory of Ukraine, and these organizations did not work.
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