In eight months of waiting for a positive decision from the US Congress on $61 billion in aid to Kyiv, Ukraine has exhausted all of its ammunition reserves.
President Vladimir Zelensky explained the consequences of the delay in arms supplies. He said that due to the lack of weapons, Ukraine could not provide even four of the required 14 brigades. The head of state said this in an interview with CNN.
So, answering the question about why the adoption of aid packages from the United States and Europe did not translate into a sufficient amount of ammunition for Ukraine, he noted the delays in arms supplies .
“First of all, everything is moving very slowly, Second, we need 14 brigades to be ready so far we don’t have a brigade from this package, we don’t have equipment for four,” explained the president.
Zelensky emphasized that during the eight months of waiting for a positive decision from the US Congress on the $61 billion aid to Kyiv, Ukraine used all its ammunition reserves.
“We used everything we could, we transferred what we had to the reserves, and what we had to the warehouses or reserve brigades that we need now,” added the head of state.
Forbes previously wrote that the new brigades formed as part of the Ukrainian Defense Forces did not have enough modern weapons, and they had to be equipped with weapons from Soviet stocks.
At the time, the publication noted that it could become a serious problem for Ukraine when the old but better equipped front brigades are replaced by new but poorly equipped ones after the latter withdraw from the battle – in some cases after 18 months of continuous fighting.
Earlier, Zelensky said that without help from the United States, it would be difficult for Ukraine to achieve any new victories on the front this year.
We remind you that the White House is currently working on a significant aid package for Ukraine, which will include several different opportunities. It is planned to be announced at the end of this month.
Source: korrespondent
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