UK Defense Secretary: Ukraine has become a "war laboratory" country for supplying weapons to it | Weapons | Ukraine
Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and other western countries have been sending weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. From defensive weapons to offensive weapons, there are layers of reinforcement. Recently, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace stated that delivering weapons to Ukraine is actually treating Ukraine as a "combat laboratory".
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace: Ukraine has become a "war laboratory" for all those who provide weapons to it. Ukraine will tell us whether these weapons are effective, and we can see how they are being used. It would be foolish for us to ignore these lessons and not introduce effective equipment into our armed forces.
The US provides military equipment to Ukraine from the West, with layers of reinforcement
From defensive weapons to offensive weapons, over a year after the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a large number of weapons and equipment from the United States and other western countries have continued to flow into the battlefield, and the variety and quantity of weapons and equipment are also expanding, and the lethality and lethality are rising.
At the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the weapons provided by the United States to Ukraine were mainly light weapons and individual missiles. For example, the "Stinger" anti-aircraft missile is mainly used to target helicopters with low flight altitude and slow flight speed; There is also the "javelin" anti tank missile known as the "tank killer".
Amidst multiple rounds of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the United States is gradually escalating its arms shipments to Ukraine, with an increase in heavy weapons. Including M113 armored personnel carrier, Mi-17 helicopter, M777 howitzer, Hummer military vehicle, Spring Knife drone, Phoenix Ghost drone, Hamas long-range rocket artillery system, M270 rocket artillery, etc. Especially, both the Hamas and M270 rocket launcher systems can launch US developed Army tactical missiles.
The United States has not only become the vanguard in supplying weapons, but also constantly encourages allies to send more offensive weapons to Ukraine. In January 2023, the United States agreed to provide Ukraine with the M1 Abrams main battle tank, while Germany changed its previous stance and agreed to provide Ukraine with the controversial Leopard main battle tank. In May 2023, the US government relaxed its stance on providing F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Recently, the United States has claimed to have given the green light to train Ukrainian pilots to operate F-16 fighter jets for its European allies.
This month, the US Department of Defense confirmed that the US provided lethal cluster ammunition has arrived in Ukraine.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Siyardo: We are very dissatisfied with the decision of the United States in this regard. And we do believe that this is a decision that could bring more pain and more casualties. More broadly, we absolutely do not like to transport any weapons to Ukraine.
British journalist Richard Medhurst: It was the United States that made this happen and profited from it. Because when you provide weapons, ammunition, equipment, and everything you can think of soldiers using to Ukraine, some people will make money. There will be companies producing these equipment and profiting from it.
The US Department of Defense announces $1.3 billion in additional security assistance to Ukraine
On July 19th local time, the US Department of Defense announced an additional security assistance worth $1.3 billion to Ukraine. It is reported that the assistance includes missiles, drone systems, anti drone and electronic warfare detection equipment, "National Advanced Air Defense Systems" and ammunition.
