The United States confirms the arrival of Patriot missiles in Poland and announces aid to Ukraine

The vice president of United StatesKamala Harris, confirmed this Thursday that two batteries of Patriot anti-missile systems have been deployed in Poland and announced that his country will deliver 50,000 million dollars to Ukraine through the United Nations World Food Program.

Harris said during an official visit to Poland that the shipment of the missile batteries is proof of Washington’s “commitment” to that country.where most of the refugees fleeing from Ukraine because of the war in that country.

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In Warsaw, the US vice president addressed the situation in Ukraine with members of the Polish government and recalled that The United States has deployed an additional 4,700 troops to Poland. in addition to the 5,000 who are stationed there on a regular basis.

In a press conference with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, Harris he reiterated Washington’s commitment to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, on the mutual defense of its members, and stressed that “every inch of territory” of the alliance will be defended.

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“We have provided military, humanitarian and security support and this is an ongoing process.”, he declared, refusing to go into details about the possibility of an eventual delivery of combat aircraft to Ukraine.

This week, the Polish government had offered to exchange its MiG 29 aircraft to NATO to make them available to Ukraine in exchange for US planes, a proposal that according to Washington had not been discussed before being made public.

I am going to be very clear. United States and Poland are united, in what we have done and what we will do to help Ukraine. Final point”, said Harris about.

Duda, for his part, indicated that the proposal corresponded to Poland’s desire to behave as a “credible member of the NATO” and to respond to requests from the Ukrainian side.

Harris said on the other hand that the announcement of the contribution of 50,000 million dollars to Ukraine through the UN World Food Program is added to the decision of the last hours of the US Congress, which has approved the granting of another 13,600 million dollars that will be distributed in the region.

This is intended to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine and support the countries in the area when it comes to welcoming the more than one and a half million refugees who have left the country so far, a figure, according to Harris, “unprecedented”.

Both Duda and Harris, on the other hand, condemned the attack on the Mariupol maternity and child hospital and called for an investigation into whether Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine.

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Source: Elcomercio

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