The Secretary of Defense of USALloyd Austin, announced this Friday that they will send artillery, Patriot batteries and HIMARS to Ukraine. The material will be released as a matter of urgencyas explained at the opening of the meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine that the US, United Kingdom, Germany and the Czech Republic
The shipment detail has occurred after several announcements of international aid. One of them has been $1 billion in military material that Washington will release immediately as part of a recently approved $61 billion package. “If Ukraine succumbs under the boot of (VladÃmir) Putin, Europe will fall under his shadow. That is why we are determined to deter Russia from any new aggression, including against the allies of the NATO“, stressed the Secretary of Defense.
Austin has praised the Czech Republic’s decision to send thousands of artillery pieces; the United Kingdom’s decision to approve a $620 million military aid package and Germany’s donation of another Patriot missile system. The head of the Pentagon, on the other hand, has confirmed that The United States will send ammunition for HIMARS batteries to Ukraine. This will allow attacking Russian positions far from the front, advanced 155-millimeter artillery ammunition and air defense systems on armored vehicles.
Austin has also reiterated that right now the most pressing need for Ukraine is improve your anti-aircraft defenses to prevent Russia from taking air hegemony in key parts of Ukrainian territory. In a recorded message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs “at least seven Patriot batteries” and missiles “urgently” and more artillery to confront Russia.
“We must remember that predatory regimes like the Russian one are rapidly increasing their appetite for aggression. When they succeed in one part of the world, they create problems in other places and the aggression will spread and will not stop“, assured the Ukrainian president. “All this is a testimony of our commitment to the success of Ukraine on the battlefield and to doing so through this contact group,” Austin said before the closed-door negotiations began. meetings of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group, made up of 50 countries allied to kyiv.
