Spain plans to provide Ukraine with four Hawk air defense systems. Now official Madrid is teaching the Ukrainian military to use the Apside air defense system.
Earlier, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said that the allies had committed to building a layered air defense system in Ukraine. This is a system of medium height and medium range.
This is an old system, but it is quite effective,” the official said.
The MIM-23 Hawk system was developed back in the 1960s, but has since been refined several times. At first it was intended to intercept aircraft, but later it was suitable for intercepting missiles.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive hundreds of devices from NATO to jam Russian and Iranian drones. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also recalled that Kyiv will receive fuel, winter clothes and medicines from NATO.
In addition, the European Union will increase the allocated amount for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to 3 billion euros and will begin a training mission for the Ukrainian military. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell noted that Brussels will announce the start of the training mission on October 17 during the meeting of the EU Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
Recall, on October 12, Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed that the German IRIS-T air defense system had already arrived in Ukraine. The arrival of American anti-aircraft missile systems NASAMS is also expected.
Source: Racurs
