American President Joe Biden, together with other allies of Ukraine, wants to send more weapons to the country attacked by Russia. But it runs into problems in logistics. It could take months to arrive in Ukraine, writes the American newspaper The New York Times.
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5:30 p.m May 4, 2024
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Last Sunday, Ukraine received military material from the United States of America. It was the first of several deliveries within the framework of military aid worth 61 billion dollars (converted to about 1.42 trillion crowns), which was approved by President Joe Biden.
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“Now we have to move quickly, and we are moving … I’m making sure that the clearance of the supplies starts right away,” Biden said after the aid was approved, according to The New York Times.
The second of the deliveries arrived the following Monday. In addition to anti-tank missiles and 155-millimeter artillery shells, Kiev also acquired missiles for the Patriot system. Another one arrived in Poland on Tuesday and could soon be at the front too.
In addition, planes and trains carrying ammunition and other military material destined for the Ukrainians have arrived in Europe in the last few days.
Even so, Ukraine’s allies are encountering problems. Indeed, it could take months for weapons paid for by American, British or German money to reach the front in quantities that could significantly help Kiev.
Threatened offensive
With the difficulties in the supply of weapons, there are also doubts about whether Ukraine can successfully repel Russian attacks.
“The Russian army is now trying to take advantage of the situation where we are waiting for supplies from allies, especially from the United States of America,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the situation on Monday.
“I will only add that we have not received everything we need to equip our brigades,” he said.
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Analysts of the United States government believe that Ukraine could use the new supplies to stabilize the front in the summer at the earliest, but at the end of the year at the latest.
According to the director of the American National Security Agency, Avril D. Haines, Ukraine is in danger of Russia penetrating behind the front lines in the east of the country. The situation is not helped by the expected Russian offensive, which could begin within this or next month.
The US military assessed this week that Russia would continue to make minor territorial gains in eastern and southeastern Ukraine until May 9, when the Russians celebrate Victory Day and when the Kremlin typically holds military parades.
According to several representatives of the US military, Russia does not have the capacity to make significant gains before that date. If it wanted to achieve it, it would first have to accumulate forces to a degree that America has not yet seen in the region.
Early deliveries of weapons
Despite problems with the delivery of military aid, some of the new arms deliveries arrived in Ukraine even before the countries in question announced them.
For example, one representative of the British Ministry of Defense said that part of the aid worth about 14.4 billion crowns, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on April 23, had already been sent weeks before.
Still, it could take weeks for the Storm Shadow cruise missiles to arrive in Ukraine, which a British defense official, who The New York Times chose not to name, called an “absolute priority.”
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