Russia Storms The Ukrainian Front Lines And Reveals A Disaster In American Aid
New information about the Russian-Ukrainian war presented by this episode of Samri Channel.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that NATO countries are not supplying Ukraine with “enough ammunition,” which has allowed Russian forces to make recent gains on the ground.
“The Ukrainians are running out of courage. They are running out of ammunition,” Stoltenberg said during a press conference. After more than two years of war, the Ukrainian army is suffering from a shortage of weapons and is in need of ammunition and air defense systems to confront the advance of the Russian army. “NATO allies are not providing enough ammunition to Ukraine, and this has consequences on the battlefield every day,” Stoltenberg said.
He added, “This is a major challenge and is one of the reasons why the Russians were able to achieve some progress on the battlefield.” “The United States, Canada and Europe must do more and we need long-term commitments,” continued Stoltenberg, who continues to urge allies to do more for Ukraine. He stressed that the problem does not lie in the lack of capabilities in the defense industries, but rather is a matter of the “political will” necessary “to make decisions and prioritize our support to Ukraine.”
Fears of Ukraine’s retreat on the ground against Russia due to a lack of weapons have increased in recent weeks. At the end of February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western allies to deliver military aid to his country “on time.” An aid package worth more than $60 billion requested by President Joe Biden’s administration is still stuck in Congress due to a dispute between Republicans and Democrats. However, on Tuesday, the White House announced $300 million in aid to Ukraine. It includes, in particular, anti-air missiles, ammunition and artillery shells. Meanwhile, European Union countries on Wednesday reached an agreement to add 5 billion euros to the military aid fund for Ukraine.
In the same context, John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the National Security Council at the White House, announced that the Ukrainian armed forces fighting in the Donbas had run out of ammunition, forcing them to retreat. “They (Ukrainian forces) are running out of ammunition in Donbas, and now they are retreating to the second and third lines of defense,” Kirby said on ABC TV. “They [the Ukrainians] need support.”
Last February, the US Strategic Communications Coordinator stated that Kiev needs Western air defense systems during the winter to protect its military industrial complex from Russian missile attacks and marches. Pointing out that “the purpose of the Russian attacks is to try to deprive the Ukrainians of the ability to independently produce many of the ammunition they need for self-defense.”
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said last February that the lack of military support from the United States threatens to run out of artillery ammunition and air defense systems for the Ukrainian forces. Austin also described the assessments that the Russian military is “continuing pressure and making gradual progress” as “extremely worrying.” “.
For her part, Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren announced that her country will allocate 250 million euros to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine. European countries also intend to raise $1.5 billion to supply Ukraine with artillery shells from other countries under a plan proposed by the Czech Republic, according to the British newspaper “Financial Times.” Western countries, through the material, military and political support they provide to Kiev, seek to obstruct the goals of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, but Moscow has stressed on more than one occasion that military operations in Donbass will not stop until all the tasks assigned to it are achieved.
Russia also earlier sent a memorandum to NATO regarding arms supplies to Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying Ukraine with weapons and ammunition.
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