We are talking about both modern Western weapons and refurbished Soviet ones.

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says that the Allies have committed to providing Ukraine with armored vehicles and tanks for more than “eight combat brigades”.

According to the correspondent, he said this at a briefing after the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine (“Ramstein-9”), which took place in Brussels (Belgium). Austin noted that at the Ramstein-9 meeting, it was confirmed that the Allies will support Ukraine in its defense against Russia for the long term.

“And we will act with the urgency that the current moment demands,” Austin said. “We continue to work together to provide full-fledged credible capabilities, and not just equipment. And that’s why we’ve discussed synchronizing our efforts for an integrated training plan (for the Ukrainian military – ). You can see the importance of our coordination and joint efforts to meet Ukraine’s needs in armored vehicles.”

In particular, he said that members of the contact group provided the Ukrainian defenders with armored vehicles for more than “eight combat brigades”. According to Austin, these are American armored vehicles Bradley, Stryker, M1 Abrams tanks, British Challenger 2 tanks, Canadian Senator armored vehicles, German Leopard tanks, as well as refurbished Soviet T-72 tanks.

He confirmed again that Italy and France are preparing the transfer of SAMP-T air defense systems to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Nordsee-Zeitung published a photo of the Bremerhaven, which arrived at a German port, from the United States of military equipment for Ukraine. In particular, it is about the Avenger air defense system and the M2 Bradley BMP.

In addition to the Bradley, local journalists counted another 280 different military vehicles.

“Ramstein-9” – what weapon will Ukraine receive

As reported, today, February 14, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley, said that 11 countries promised to transfer tanks to Ukraine, 16 pledged to transfer artillery and ammunition, 22 countries – infantry fighting vehicles, and another 9 countries – air defense systems.

In addition, Austin said that he could not announce the transfer of combat aircraft, including F-16 fighters, to Ukraine today.

He noted that currently the main task is to gather together all types of weapons that have already been promised to Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker armored fighting vehicles, Marder and CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles, M113 armored personnel carriers, artillery, but the list is not exhausted.

In addition, as Austin said, it is necessary to prepare the Ukrainian military to use these types of weapons, as well as to ensure the maintenance of all these systems and deliver them to the front line.

Earlier, Austin said that eight countries are cooperating to provide Ukraine with Leopard main battle tanks: Germany, Poland, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.