Ukraine’s partners are very practical, pragmatic and realistic, the minister believes.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, is convinced that Ukraine will receive NATO-standard tanks and even combat aircraft.
As the minister said on the air of the telethon, Ukraine’s partners are very practical, pragmatic and realistic. They clearly understand that if they give any new system, then they should know that they have ammunition in warehouses, missiles, repair systems, instructors and trained Ukrainian soldiers.
“These are not just political negotiations, but technological and logistical. But I remain an optimist and believe that tanks of NATO standards will appear on the battlefield. Not only Leopard. Just as our artillery currently has more than eight 155-caliber systems of various countries”. Therefore, I am convinced that we will have tanks and even combat planes,” he said.
War in Ukraine: NATO weapons for the Armed Forces
As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky is asking the US to provide Ukraine with Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, Abrams tanks and aircraft.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, is sure that the Ukrainian military will master Western tanks and aviation in the same way as they have mastered other types of Western weapons.
As reported, in July, the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, said that $100 million was provided for in the American draft defense budget for 2023. for training Ukrainian pilots to operate F-15 and F-16 fighters.
However, the USA did not make the decision to transfer these planes to Ukraine.
The first German IRIS-T air defense system arrived in Ukraine in mid-October. Later it became known that Germany will provide Ukraine with three more IRIS-T air defense systems.
On November 1, the United States announced its intention to transfer 8 NASAMS systems to Ukraine, and two of them will arrive in Ukraine in the near future.
On November 7, NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems arrived in Ukraine.
On November 16, US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin announced that 7 countries had pledged to provide Ukraine with air defense systems.
