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While Russia multiplies its missile production, Ukraine their weapons were left. More than two years after the start of the war, Kiev is going through one of its worst moments on the front, marked by the blockade at the Congress of U.S to vital aid of more than 60 billion dollars and to the promises of European allies that do not materialize as quickly as the situation demands.
In this context, the highest-ranking general of the military forces of the U.S in Europe, Christopher Cavolimade a harsh prediction in his country’s Congress: Ukraine will be defeated by Russia 10-1 in a few weeks If the Legislature does not soon find a way to approve the sending of more ammunition and weapons to Kiev, according to a report by the AP agency.
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Nowadays, Ukraine ration your ammunition while the United States Congress delays approval of the US$60 billion package presented by the president Joe Biden in the last quarter of last year.
Initially, the Republicans of the House of Representatives They refused to give the green light to aid because they demanded Biden first adopt concrete measures to stop migration on the border with Mexico. But when there was agreement between government delegates and Republican representatives on this second issue, legislators again voted against the package to Ukraine.
The AP agency maintained that the president of the House of Representatives, the Republican michael johnsonis trying to find a way to approve the package and present it to the plenary session of the Low camera for a vote, but faces the same concerns from lawmakers who cite internal needs, including border security.
“They are currently being defeated 5-1 by the Russian team. Thus, the Russians fire five times more artillery shells at the Ukrainians than they can use to counterattack. That ratio will immediately go to 10 to 1 in a few weeks,” Cavoli said. “We are not talking about months. “We’re not talking hypothetically.”
The general Cavoli He maintained that sending 155mm artillery shells per U.S It was a vital help during the conflict. “The biggest killer on the battlefield is artillery. That’s what happens in most conflicts, but in this one it definitely is. And if Ukraine If they run out, it will be because we stopped supplying them, as we supply most of them”, he stated.
In contrast, and despite international sanctions imposed at the start of the warthe production of missiles on the part of Russia it has multiplied and can launch large-scale attacks every few days, with increasingly less resistance from Ukrainian defense systems.
“If the reserves of Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems Ended, these attacks will undoubtedly paralyze the economy, as well as civil society and the country’s armed forces. Ukraine. This will happen if they are not defended with a supply of security interceptors. U.S“, he stated Cavoli.
Only on Thursday Russia launched a barrage of 40 missiles against Ukraineincluding six hypersonic Kinzhalin addition to 40 drones Sahel Iranian made. The attacks caused the collapse of the Ukrainian electrical system, destroyed important energy infrastructure in the Kiev region.
The company responsible for the infrastructure, Centroenergostated that Russian missiles destroyed the electricity generating capacity of the thermal power plant in tripilylocated about 45 kilometers south of the capital of Ukraineaccording to the EFE agency.
The EFE agency highlighted that in last month’s rounds of attacks, DTEK, the country’s main private energy company, Ukraine, lost 80% of its generation capacity. The company estimated the damage suffered at $230 million and predicts that the necessary repairs will exceed the cost of the previous campaign of Russian energy attacks by the end of 2022.
The latest Russian attacks also showed that The Kiev region is no longer impenetrable to Russian missiles.
Since Ukraine began to receive anti-aircraft systems Patriot In the first months of 2023, the country managed to create Kyiv and its surroundings are an almost impregnable defensive shield, capable of destroying any Russian missile, EFE emphasized.
Given the seriousness of the situation, the President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenskyagain requested the urgent dispatch of more anti-aircraft systems.
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kulebatold the American newspaper The Washington Post that their defenses are exhausted and that they need to replenish stocks and increase the number of Patriot batteries from 3 to at least 20 to protect its airspace.
Kuleba also maintained that Ukraine’s allies have more than a hundred Patriot systems that are not being used and that their country desperately needs them.
He added that the Ukrainian authorities aspire to receive seven of these systems in the short term, which would allow them, he said, to defend the country’s main cities with guarantees.
On Wednesday, Zelensky had insisted that If Ukraine no longer receives military aid from the West and if its allies do not show unity towards Moscow, its country will lose territory and population until it disappears as a state.
“Without unity Ukraine will lose territories, without unity everything (…) will start to go backwards and what does it mean to lose the war? It means losing people. It means that step by step, God forbid, we will lose the entire State”, he said in a video speech at the Delphos Economic Forum, held in that city in Greece.
Zelensky He recognized that, without military help, “it is very difficult to confront the enemy and retake the occupied areas”.
“With a dozen air defense systems and a sufficient number of fighters, we will have no problems against Russian bombs and fighters.”, he pointed out. He added that it will only be possible to win the war if the West shows unity in its support for Ukraine and its rejection of the regime. Vladimir Putin.
In turn, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenbergstated on Wednesday that Ukraine cannot wait any longer and needs the delivery of ammunition, air defenses and aid.
“Ukraine simply cannot wait. “We need air defenses, ammunition and help now,” he declared at a press conference with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, with whom he met at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, according to the EFE agency.
Stoltenberg He stressed that the situation on the battlefield is “difficult” for Ukraine and that Delays in financing support for Kiev are having “direct consequences every day on the ground”.
“Delays in air defense deliveries will allow Russian missiles to hit more targets, and delays in ammunition deliveries will allow Russia press on the front line”, he added.
“O NATO is actively working to ensure predictable and reliable security assistance to Ukraine, now and in the long term, so that Ukraine “rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multi-year commitments,” he said.
As for the type of weapons and equipment that allied countries deliver to Kiev, Stoltenberg recognized that this is a decision that is up to each State, although he welcomed the fact that they are providing Ukraine long-range missile systems or F-16 combat aircraft, EFE indicated.
Source: Elcomercio
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